03/2021: Last week I updated to Ubuntu 20.10. I faced this issue which results in a frozen desktop. It seemed to me like it was fixed with some kernel updates …

How to solve screen tearing on Linux? here are some basic tips for Ubuntu, Manjaro (arch), OpenSuse, Fedora and most popular Linux distributions
You just installed a new Linux distribution on you system and video playback on YouTube or Netflix is flickering. Annoying distortion appears in fast scenes, so called screen tearing. Something …