Come to think of it, one probably could modify some combination totem/cogl/clutter to avoid tearing in old-style non-compositing window managers. But that's unlikely to ever get done considering Ubuntu has been defaulting to compositing window managers for some years now (Unity/Compiz, Gnome Shell).
** Also affects: totem (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to totem in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811808 Title: Tearing and/or flickering when using i3wm To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/i3-wm/+bug/1811808/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs