I am running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma 6.2.5 and have Brave installed from the default repos using zypper, current version is 1.73.104. I have noticed ever since installing that every ~3-15 seconds or so, the entire browser freezes/stutters for a fraction of a second. This isn’t just when …

@289wk @Mattches Thanks for the replies, I believe I found what the issue is. First of all, I tried all of the following, with no effect on the behavior: Creating a new profile, restarting Brave and selecting that new profile Using a private window (from the new profile) Clearing browsing data (c…

Thanks for the reply. I have tried disabling graphics acceleration, and all it does is make the browser a bit laggier; the issue is definitely still there. And as mentioned, I’ve been noticing this from the moment I installed Brave, so I really don’t think it’s related to any of my browsing data, ex…

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[image] kolgann: so I really don’t think it’s related to any of my browsing data, extensions, flags, etc. I think it is still worth testing against. Can you please try creating a fresh profile (Menu --> More tools --> Add profile), closing your original profile window, and then testign again …

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@kolgann excellent sleuthing. I’ll be passing this information on the to the Linux team for review.

@Mattches Great, thank you! I know Electron/Chromium and Wayland still aren’t the best of friends so I’m not 100% sure whether or not this is specific to Brave. But if there’s anything the Brave team can figure out, even if it’s just finding something that needs fixed in Electron/Chromium, that’ll b…

Running Brave on Linux Mint/Cinnamon … no issues

@willcatejr Are you running Wayland or X11? This issue seems to be exclusive to Wayland.

Brave on Linux constantly stuttering/freezing

Brave Browser Desktop Support

289wk January 15, 2025, 7:33am 2

Searching Brave Comminity:

https://community.brave.app/search?q=Linux%20wayland%20acceleration%20order%3Alatest

First search result is some guidance:

Crash when double clicking title bar under Wayland - #6 by Mattches

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