I recently migrated from Win 7 to Linux Mint (Cinnamon) At first

>>58149148
Same problem here

>>58149148
Install Solus.

Doesn't have any screen tearing, test it with a love USB if you don't believe me

>>58149148
Are you using Chromium?

If yes use an addon called H64ify. Google fags push VP9 if they can detect chrome. VP9 is yet to have true hardware assisted accelration.

I also suggest that you switch to GNOME 3.22 (ubuntu GNOME 16.10) for flickering free wayland experience

>>58149182
Fuck off

>>58149182
Fuck Solus

>>58149148
Install a compositor or figure out what's not working with the one you allready have. Not too familiar with cinnamon.

Linux uses xorg/X11, a display server that basically communicates between applications and windows.

It's vintage to say the least and is modular so that different desktop environments can use their own compositors for vsync and desktop effects.

Wayland is X11's replacement and literally just works, but not all go drivers support it.

Check Arch Linux's wiki for cinnamon and look for what compositor is used
Under cinnamon. Also see what GPU driver you are using as that can drastically affect things.

For example the proprietary Nvidia driver has some really whacky ways to get vsync going, but open source nouveau is a bit easier to work with.AMDGPU just works.

A distro with Wayland is basically the only thing that's going to be as smooth as modern osx and windows.

>>58149193
Fuck on

>>58149201
Fuck me instead bb

>>58149211
>A distro with Wayland
So... Fedora 25? Excluding DIY-ish distributions, I think that's the only one that comes with it.

>>58149260
manjaro

>>58149211
>distro with wayland
So, Solus then?

>>58149277
Solus has no wayland, also it has malware exploits. Into the trash

>>58149277
Solus is a botnet

>>58149295
>>58149303
Proof?

>>58149311
meant for >>58149277

>>58149303
>>58149295
Can you prove these points or will you just continue shitposting?

>>58149334
Yes Solus is an NSA botnet. You can try in an USB if you dont believe me

if you're using firefox make sure in about:config
gfx.xrender.enabled set to "true"

>>58149339
Solus has no wayland

>>58149211
OP here

Ergh, I installed Mint, because I read it's supposed to be the easiest distro, precisely for beginners. I don't mean to sound ungrateful - but what you wrote is kinda the opposite of that. I guess I can try, but when is this Wayland thing coming out?

>>58149334
>gaymen distro with NSA backdoors
How about no

>>58149348
It's already out. Arch and Fedora 25 based distros already ship Wayland by default

>>58149339
>>58149347
You're not proving anything.

>>58149348
That's the point of distro hopping.
Give solus a try, I use it and it's super easy. Ignore the idiots itt, they hate it when something new comes along that's actually good.

If you try it on a live usb you can try out abt distros you want without installation

>>58149182
>The solution to a problem in the OS is to download another completelly diferent OS
Nice! Linux has a bright future!

>>58149362
You haven't proved that it has wayland support.

Also solus is actually an intel botnet

>>58149367
You don't have to, he's been shilling the intel botnet for the last couple of months

>>58149373
you prove it's a botnet.
You made your claim, now back it with some factual evidence.

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>>58149362
Solus does not have wayland

>>58149396
You made a claim first here >>58149182
Prove it first

>>58149373
This

Remember Intel has CPU botnet that has been defeated. Now they are pushing their distro botnet

>>58149148
what graphics card do you have op? what driver? if you tell me i might be able to help

>>58149148
Test the proprietary drivers, update your system, check the cables and the resolution.

What kind of video card do you have

>>58149148
See >>58149183 and >>58149343

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Can someone explain the tearing? I don't get it.... In what scenario would it show?

>>58149434
Stream Full HD HTML5 video from youtube.

>>58149148

Did you install drivers?

>>58149148
>How do I fix this?
You don't, it's one of the many compromises you make for freedom.

>>58149463
How?

>>58149348
Why didn't you install ZorinOS instead? I'm not bashing on mint, but ZorinOS seems like a more winfag friendly distro and from my experience it has no screen tearing. Also comes with PlayOnLinux installed so you can use some Windows software.
Although, it might have something to do with Nvidia drivers if you use their GPU. From what I've seen posted here only they are affected by those, try updating them or switching to proprietary ones. You can also use MPV instead, seems to remove all video problems VLC has.

>>58149469
Trading working software for inferior broken open source "free as in freedumb" alternatives.

>>58149480
Funny how "working software" that you are referring to works fine here if you troubleshoot the current chromium bug while dumb /g/ toddlers such as yourself tends to think otherwise.

>>58149440
The video plays normally, what is "tearing" you're all memeing about?
>>58149480
>inferior
Most open source software dominates it's closed source counterparts. Look at browsers, game engines, server software, media players, operating systems, etc.

>>58149418
A geforce 9800GT one. It's ancient.

>>58149419
I did all of that

>>58149497
Probably you are using firefox

>>58149504
Are you running the nvidia proprietary drivers?

>>58149515
Chromium is open source, but Firefox is still more powerful. There are 0 relevant closed source browsers.

>>58149504
Check out this thread:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=161403

>>58149183
Do I have to turn on wayland on ubuntu GNOME 16.10? How?

>>58149148
There's a tweak tool. MateTweak or something like that. Choose the bottom page or tab or whatever you call them and set Composition to something other than default. Compiz recommended.

>>58149561
You don't even have to, it's on by default

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>>58149537
True

>>58149629
The experimental wayland session is included. If your computer supports open source graphics drivers and you would like to try Wayland, log out, choose GNOME on Wayland from the gear menu below the password entry, and log back in

>>58149662
Isn't it on GNOME 3.22 yet?

>>58149348
Linux Mint is just Ubuntu but different™

I remember thinking the same thing. Really, all of Linux is the same across distros, some distros just tweak a few things.

Real differences come about when the entire community moves over to a new standard like Wayland.

If you want stupid easy, I'd use ormal Ubuntu or Xubuntu(Ubuntu with the xfce desktop environment, though the you need to set up a compositor all the same it was the first semi complex thing I learned to do when getting into Linux)

Linux is rewarding to learn in its entirety

>>58149680
It's not on by default from what it says.

>>58149702
It seems Ubuntufags decided to keep the shell to 3.20 while upgrading bits and pieces to 3.22. Idk why.

However I am 100% sure korora (non freetard batteries included Fedora) or Manjaro is on stable upstream wayland

>>58149723
Yeah. Im going to try Fedora 25 then.

>>58149756
I'd go with Korora but it's your PC - your choice

>>58149773
What's so great about Korora over Fedora?

>>58149787
Fedora doesn't have non free drivers and codec packages you gotta install them yourself. Korora is like ubuntu of debian, but it's a bit bloated

i had this same problem. I tried everything to fix it, but it never went away.

>>58149311
This is /g/ dude... evidence is frowned upon here.

>>58150306
Well I did prove that wayland doesn't exist in Solus here >>58149397 (notjice how kevin doesn't reply from then on and quickly fucks off of the tread)

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>>58149798
Do you know of any distro that does this? Increases the size of everything?

>>58149182
We're going to have to find a name for these Solus shill fags

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>>58150363
Aren't you going to try GNOME?

>>58149148
You will hear a lot of bullshit suggestions and complication xorg/composite config ideas.

Simple solution, install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Unity/Compiz. It takes care of everything. Just install mpv media player and you can watch videos without any issues. Same goes for Youtube videos in Firefox/Chrome.

No screen tearing guaranteed.

>>58150413
To be honest Unity has screen flickering, Ubuntu GNOME's wayland session fixes this

>>58149182
Nice try Kevin!

>>58150412
Yes gnome fedora. I'll try out the live CD and find that setting.

>>58150467
It's under the GNOME tweak tool

>>58150429
Must be a GPU problem. I have Intel iGPU and never had any issues with Unity.

>>58149148
>>58149173
Are you sure that you are using video drivers?

>>58150429
If you really think that anything has problems in general just because you had problems with it, you should think about suicide.

>>58150483
Windows increases the scaling everywhere including browser.

This is starting to sound like a sad example of why Linux is less popular.

Does the video playing application matter? Is this in a web browser? Does OP need to abandon mint entirely? Does hardware matter? Can it be solved with a single command line?