Why do I need to use lite mode in the new Google Maps? (Chrome)

Question

I was wondering if I could use the new Google Maps. I have latest stable Chrome and Ubuntu 13.04. I am currently told that I must use lite mode. Under Chrome in Windows 8 on the same machine it works perfectly.

What graphics chip/card do you use? – RolandiXor Jun 06 '13 at 15:34 — RolandiXor, Jun 06 '13 at 15:34
At what point are you told that you must use lite mode? – Jun 06 '13 at 16:10 — , Jun 06 '13 at 16:10

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 06 '13 at 16:01

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Disclaimer: This is not supported by Google

Google Chrome disables hardware acceleration on many GPUs by default in Linux. To check if your GPU is disabled, open chrome://gpu/ inside Chrome. Mine looks like this by default:

GPU Disabled

To forcefully enable hardware acceleration, open the chrome://flags/ page. Search for the Override Software Rendering list option and click Enable. It looks like this: Flags

Restart Chrome. Check the chrome://gpu/ page again. It should say everything is enabled now, like this: GPU Enabled

Now try out the New Google Maps and see if it works. I don't have an invite, so I can't check >.>

Be warned this may make your browser crash-prone!

answered Jun 06 '13 at 16:01

Kupiakos

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http://askubuntu.com/questions/299345/how-to-enable-webgl-in-chrome-on-ubuntu/299346#299346 – Qasim Jun 06 '13 at 16:16
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Whuddya know, our pictures even look similar :-P. – Kupiakos Jun 06 '13 at 16:18
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Thanks, this worked. Had to disable though because of crashes. – zzomtceo Jun 06 '13 at 18:41
My recommendation: Try Firefox. That may work better. – Kupiakos Jun 06 '13 at 19:21

Why do I need to use lite mode in the new Google Maps? (Chrome)

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Disclaimer: This is not supported by Google