[GTALUG] getting Firefox to exploit GPU

[Alex Volkov]

Hey Hugh,

I want to try this out on my GPU. Is there an easy way to benchmark 
performance in firefox?

Alex.

On 2019-10-04 12:26 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> By default, on Linux, Firefox does not use the GPU for rendering web
> pages.  You can enable this by a setting in about:config
> 	gfx.webrender.all
> Change that from false to true
>
> I don't actually know that much about the performance impact.
>
> Apparently Mozilla leaves this off just to minimize support problems.  It
> isn't that the Firefox code is buggy.  There have been times where there
> were problems with some components the Linux graphics stack.
>
> I'm trying this with my notebook now.  Why?  I learned about this by
> asking a Mozilla guy before a meeting and it was easier and quicker to
> change my browser setting than it was to write a note.
>
> I'd love to hear any experience with this setting.
> ---
> Post to this mailing list talk at gtalug.org
> Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk