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Wayland performance

Wayland performance

Posted Apr 16, 2012 20:51 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Wayland performance by renox
Parent article: LFCS 2012: X and Wayland

X now uses texture_from_pixmap extension to transparently (for applications) move pixmaps into GPU. But it's not entirely transparent, so we get ugly tearing in video and overhead of compositing is noticeable.


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