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Enable hardware acceleration on Ubuntu.

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Hi to all,

I enabled hardware acceleration in about:preferences. Furthermore I set to true the following in about:config:

-gfx.direct2d.force-enabled;

-gfx.webrender.all;

-gfx.webrender.enabled;

-layers.acceleration.force-enabled;

-webgl.force-enabled;

Nevertheless I notice that opening multiple tabs cause YouTube audio interruptions in the case that one of Firefox’s tabs is playing a video on YouTube. Doing the same with Chrome doesn’t cause audio interruptions even opening a lot of tabs. I think this is because hardware acceleration in Firefox isn’t working. I think this because I see that the processor it is very loaded when opening multiple tabs of Firefox. Processor is not very loaded opening multiple tabs of Chrome. Am I right? Why this problem doesn’t happen on Chrome? How can I make Firefox like Chrome? Thank you in advance for your answers!

Hi to all, I enabled hardware acceleration in about:preferences. Furthermore I set to true the following in about:config: -gfx.direct2d.force-enabled; -gfx.webrender.all; -gfx.webrender.enabled; -layers.acceleration.force-enabled; -webgl.force-enabled; Nevertheless I notice that opening multiple tabs cause YouTube audio interruptions in the case that one of Firefox’s tabs is playing a video on YouTube. Doing the same with Chrome doesn’t cause audio interruptions even opening a lot of tabs. I think this is because hardware acceleration in Firefox isn’t working. I think this because I see that the processor it is very loaded when opening multiple tabs of Firefox. Processor is not very loaded opening multiple tabs of Chrome. Am I right? Why this problem doesn’t happen on Chrome? How can I make Firefox like Chrome? Thank you in advance for your answers!
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You can check the Firefox Task Manager (about:performance) and about:memory pages.

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Open the Task Manager Using the Task Manager

   Viewing subtasks
   Performing actions

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/task-manager-tabs-or-extensions-are-slowing-firefox