How do I fix Chromium-based browser lags

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I am doing to do an update, thanks for letting me know :slight_smile:

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I did a full system update including chromium, the update also included an update to the kernel, not really a change.

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Interesting, I booted into live mode into a computer that is a Gaming PC with an AMD graphics card and has an Intel CPU, and while brave ran smooth on that PC, it also used accessive CPU. So I guess chromium-based browsers on any computer and on any distro just takes up way too much CPU.

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I just don’t see that on the computers i have. One is so powerful i wouldn’t even notice probably but the other two are 13 year old systems. One being a quad core and the other a dual core. They both work fine albeit slower than my 5 Ghz Intel 6 core 12 thread.

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Yeah even the gaming PC that I mentioned to you, even on that it was smooth but like processing power was much higher.

By the way I noticed that when I used Firefox more, then I noticed to be laggier than on Windows. There must be something that both Firefox and Chromium have in common that causes these laggy issues, would you happen to know what they are?

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If you don’t use Window’s anymore, you won’t notice any difference and all problems are solved. :smiley: :wink:

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Lol

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I don’t think it’s Firefox or Chromium. :wink:

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Strange cause I did a benchmark test on both CPU and GPU and it did better on Linux than on Windows so I honestly have no idea what it is anymore.

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Bad Intel Hardware… :rofl:

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If it is bad intel hardware why would the GPU benchmark tests do better on Linux then?

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You keep telling us it lags whether on Chromium or Firefox and then you say but it’s better on Windows? Now you’re saying it’s better on Linux. Not too many others having this issue. This thread is at 152 regarding the same issue. What else can i tell you? :man_shrugging: I have run out of ideas.

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Nah I never said its better on Linux. The GPU tests (they were phornoix tests) were better on Linux but Firefox and Chromium are laggy on Linux however. That is all I wanted to say.

I know and I am sorry mate.

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You just said it right here didn’t you?

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Also here you said it. So I don’t know what to say other than time to get some new hardware maybe. :grin:

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Ok I managed to solve the lag in both firefox and chromium and therefore the CPU useage on chromium-based browsers are more or less the same as Windows and it works smoothly.

I installed the linux-clear kernel (to install type yay -S linux-clear to get from the AUR). After it compiles you may see some error, the maintainer of the linux-clear kernel in the AUR has advised me not to worry about it. After compilation type sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg to put it in the GRUB menu. So after you boot into it ensure you use these flags for the chromium-based browser, otherwise it will not work --ignore-gpu-blacklist, --enable-gpu-rasterization and --enable-oop-rasterization. You can also enable these by typing in chrome://flags and enabling those settings. After that ensure a full system update is performed yay -Syyu to ensure everything is up to date. Then do a reboot and everything should work.

Edit: Do NOT use --enable-oop-rasterization I made a mistake by using that flag, this will cause YouTube videos to not work correctly.

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I have this one on in Chromium, running lts kernel, everything works like a charm. Before generalising like that it would be better if you provide some context to your claims. Like which (Chromium-based) browser do you exactly mean, have you tested it with no extensions, have you tested it on different hardware, on other kernels (if you didn’t implicitly mean that it won’t work only on linux-clear).

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With the other kernels it worked fine but on linux-clear it causes video playback issues on YouTube, I tried it on Opera specifically and I have had extensions. I enabled that flag by accident and when i realised that the YouTube video was not working correctly I disabled it.

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I have simillar problem in Netflix videos throgh Chrome. In Firefox not that much. I try the flags you suggested but still nothing. I use KDE.

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Do you have the same issues when you use Windows with Chrome (if you even have used Windows on the same computer)?

What is your hardware?