Nemeski@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 days agoDiscord is killing its Electron app that can eat 4GB of RAM on Windows 11, and the Rust rebuild uses just 290MBwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down14
arrow-up1347arrow-down1external-linkDiscord is killing its Electron app that can eat 4GB of RAM on Windows 11, and the Rust rebuild uses just 290MBwww.windowslatest.comNemeski@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square80linkfedilink
minus-squareRustySharp@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·2 days agoIt’s a bold strategy. “Electron sucks! Let’s see what else these people made”. But seriously, why do I need GPU acceleration for my chat UI?
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 hours agoIt doesn’t hurt to have the component that is optimized for drawing things to the screen be a bit more involved in drawing things to the screen. Strictly speaking necessary? No. Does it hurt? Not at all.
minus-squareegregiousRac@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 days agoIt’s a video player. You want GPU acceleration.
minus-squareVenia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down9·2 days agoWhat video? 99.99479% of my Discord experience is text.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day ago What video? 99.99479% of my Discord experience is text.
minus-squareUnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoA lot of people talk and stream to their friends. If I only needed a text app, I would not use discord at all.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoReally depends on the server. The servers I use are driving incredibly rich media: like animated images, video clips, and streaming.
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 days ago But seriously, why do I need GPU acceleration for my chat UI? Because rendering things is quite literally the reason GPUs exist, it takes load off the CPU and is more efficient at it to boot.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoPeople use Discord for a lot of things. A lot of people use it to stream and watch streams.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoBecause without it UI changes create CPU spikes
It’s a bold strategy. “Electron sucks! Let’s see what else these people made”.
But seriously, why do I need GPU acceleration for my chat UI?
It doesn’t hurt to have the component that is optimized for drawing things to the screen be a bit more involved in drawing things to the screen.
Strictly speaking necessary? No. Does it hurt? Not at all.
It’s a video player. You want GPU acceleration.
What video? 99.99479% of my Discord experience is text.
A lot of people talk and stream to their friends. If I only needed a text app, I would not use discord at all.
Really depends on the server. The servers I use are driving incredibly rich media: like animated images, video clips, and streaming.
Because rendering things is quite literally the reason GPUs exist, it takes load off the CPU and is more efficient at it to boot.
People use Discord for a lot of things. A lot of people use it to stream and watch streams.
Because without it UI changes create CPU spikes
Do you like having battery?