Accelerated compositing is the best way to use the available graphics hardware, offloading the work required to composite the webpages from the various layers they contain. If you enable it in Firefox, the result will be better user experience and improved overall performance. Hardware accelerated compositing uses the Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) to accelerate certain elements as native video formats[…]
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Automount external USB drive on a Raspberry Pi
Using a Raspberry Pi in a hard way, you quickly feel the necessity of additional storage. Memory cards are not really cheaper and often give corrupted data after a lot of reading and writing sessions. So, the best thing is to re-use old HD with external USB case. If you’re setting up a Samba sharing server, a Monero daemon or[…]
Read moreWhy devs are switching from Mac OS X to Linux?
Dissatisfied by the lack of Apple world The Apple hardware and operating system have been standards for developers for many years now. In any programming conference, you simply have to look around during workshops and speakings to see 90% of Apple systems. But 2017 brings a new vision. Apple stops to cover developer’s needs and sells overpriced hardware, so people[…]
Read moreFedora not boot on MacBook Pro
Dracut initqueque timeout and Dracut Emergency Shell If you, like me, are in troubles installing from an USB key the new Fedora 25 on a old MacBook Pro or on a complicated PC and you’re getting a dracut emergency console, take a breath because it’s a really simple case. dracut-initqueue[564]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout – starting timeout scripts dracut-initqueue[564]: Warning: /dev/disk/by-label/Fedora-WS-Live-Desktop-25-1-3[…]
Read moreEnable Apple wi-fi adapter on Fedora 25
Apple, Broadcom and Fedora To do the Test Day: Better Switchable Graphics Support for Fedora, I have updated one Fedora 24 machine to a freshly F25 build. All the process through some DNF commands went fine, the system boot and the new distro works really well out of the box. Just, one big issue with my old MacBook Pro 8,2.[…]
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