Fedora Troubleshooting
This article contains notes on how to improve experience on Fedora.
Also check out my other articles on Fedora: Kategorie:Fedora
Following informations are based on Fedora Core 42 as of mid 2025.
Performance issues
Install Intel VAAPI driver
In case of using Intel CPUs try installing "The Intel Media Driver for VAAPI" from Fedora Repository
VLC Playback
To improve VLC Playback install RPM fusion as described here: Enable RPM Fusion on Fedora
yt-dlp Warning to Provide ffmpeg
In case you get a warning to install ffmpeg check out: Enable RPM Fusion on Fedora
This also helps with 4KTUBE
Youtube Framedropping on Firefox
If Youtube playback feels laggy and / or there is a lot of framedropping on Firefox (i.e. 10% frames dropped on average, but up to 25% - check stats for nerds) install RPM Fusion as described here:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/rpmfusion-setup/
There is more information about VA-API hardware acceleration:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Firefox_Hardware_acceleration
There are conflicting information about the need of enabling vaapi in Firefox about:config:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/xcikym/tutorial_how_to_enable_hardware_video/
In short:
- type about:config in the address bar.
- in the search bar type gfx.webrender.all and set it to true.
- in the search bar type media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled and set it to true. <<<--- this may be outdated as of July 2025
VSCode Laggy on 4k Display when Scrolling
See VSCode Cheat Sheet and Knowledgebase#Sluggish / Laggy Input Performance on Fedora Linux 42
