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Google Chrome

Install Google Chrome from AUR:

yay -S google-chrome

Tweaks

To enable hardware accelerated video decoding (with open source drivers) create a file at ~/.config/chrome-flags.conf and add the following line in it:

--enable-features=VaapiVideoDecoder

Furthermore, visit chrome://flags and set the following options to further tweak performance (use the search field to filter):

Setting key Value Description
#enable-webrtc-pipewire-capturer Enabled Uses PipeWire to capture the screen in Wayland sessions
#enable-gpu-rasterization Enabled Uses GPU for rasterization, boosting performance
#enable-zero-copy Enabled Accesses GPU memory directly, boosting performance
#ozone-platform-hint Auto Auto-detects which windowsing system is currently in use (X11, Wayland)