Nemeski@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 8 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-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down15
arrow-up1353arrow-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 · 8 days agomessage-square81linkfedilink
minus-squareRustySharp@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·8 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-up3·7 days 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-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoPeople use Discord for a lot of things. A lot of people use it to stream and watch streams.
minus-squareegregiousRac@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·7 days agoIt’s a video player. You want GPU acceleration.
minus-squareVenia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down10·7 days agoWhat video? 99.99479% of my Discord experience is text.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days ago What video? 99.99479% of my Discord experience is text.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoReally depends on the server. The servers I use are driving incredibly rich media: like animated images, video clips, and streaming.
minus-squareUnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 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-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 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-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 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.
People use Discord for a lot of things. A lot of people use it to stream and watch streams.
It’s a video player. You want GPU acceleration.
What video? 99.99479% of my Discord experience is text.
Really depends on the server. The servers I use are driving incredibly rich media: like animated images, video clips, and streaming.
A lot of people talk and stream to their friends. If I only needed a text app, I would not use discord at all.
Because rendering things is quite literally the reason GPUs exist, it takes load off the CPU and is more efficient at it to boot.
Because without it UI changes create CPU spikes
Do you like having battery?