Firefox 115 is available for download as the new ESR (Extended Support Release) series with hardware video decoding for Intel GPUs on Linux.
Another cool new feature for Linux users in the Firefox 115 release is the ability to open links or search for text that has been copied on your clipboard by middle-clicking on the New Tab button. This is a productivity feature as you no longer have to open a new tab and paste the copied text or link you want to search/open.
I have to remember to use it, it’ll be incredibly useful.
Might win me back over if the weird green lines and glitching I always see with chrome on intel GPUs under linux goes away. I’ve also spent a lot of time trying to debug the issue but nothing ever seems to fix it and of course none of the Linux driver devs that might be able to fix it care to work on the problem imo.
Guess I have felt lucky to have hardware decoding at all on chrome - considering the it has taken Firefox this long to support intel GPUs. I imagine it has something to do with how massive their codebase is compared to everyone elses.
Considering how good Firefox is, and how much of a monopoly that Chrome-based browsers have over the web, I’d run Firefox just to support freedom of choice.
