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Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off

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Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2025-08-15 10:35, rbowman wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 23:38:22 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>> On 2025-08-14 23:22, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>>> John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>>>>> https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-trouble-intel-employees-drivers-
>> laid-off/
>>>>>
>>>>> What I do not understand about this, why can't the Linux Foundation
>>>>> hire them ?
>>>>
>>>> Well Intel are one of the top sponsors of the Linux Foundation too:
>>>> https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members
>>>>
>>>> (buggy Javascript required, and that made Firefox fill up all my PC's
>>>> RAM and freeze, so I had to kill it. Just to display some company
>>>> logos. Huff! I wouldn't choose Linux as my OS based on that website!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The page loads fine here.
>> 
>> It did load in Brave and only took 1.4 of the 8 cores to do so. I didn't
>> note the RAM usage.
> 
> In Ffx I looked at "about:processes"

After loading the page, enabling linuxfoundation.org in NoScript
(before which there's no issue, but also no content on the page),
and switching to another tab showing "about:processes" (no other
tabs running), the linuxfoundation.org tab's RAM usage rises at
around 150MB/sec until the browser window locks up at 1GB (the
PC only has 2GB RAM, still fine for running Javascript on sites
normally if one doesn't have lots of tabs open). CPU usage for that
tab is 130% (quad-core CPU) during this time.

I'm using Firefox 128.13.0esr, the current ESR release. My many
about:config tweaks might be a factor in triggering the JS bug.

Really Firefox should handle memory allocation by Javascript
more gracefully than this, since you're expected to be running
whatever random junk you get from any dodgy web designer. Maybe
it's supposed to?

I didn't note having the same trouble with this page in 2024 when
I first learned about it in: <6771c9fa@news.ausics.net>

I did note though that the page is pretty useless to explain who
most of the Linux Foundation's money really comes from because the
totals for those sponsors don't approach anything like the
overall "membership & donations" figure in the annual report. So
it's pure guesswork really. Though you'd suspect some of the top
sponsors like Intel supply a big part of the extra money, unless
others are being deliberately quiet about it.

Terrible web design and unknown financial backing, that website
really makes me wonder why I choose Linux.

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  Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-14 03:08 -0400
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      Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off Jason H <jason_hindle@yahoo.com> - 2025-08-14 20:48 +0000
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      Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-15 04:27 +0000
    Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-14 20:45 +0000
  Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-14 12:59 +0000
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              Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its? drivers are laid off The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-17 14:14 +0100
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    Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-08-15 07:22 +1000
      Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-14 23:38 +0200
        Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-15 08:35 +0000
          Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-15 11:00 +0200
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                Re: Web compatibility in FLOSS websites Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-17 01:08 +0000
                Re: Web compatibility in FLOSS websites rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-17 20:38 +0000
            Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-08-16 10:24 +1000
              Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-08-16 08:26 -0400
                Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-16 14:07 +0100
                Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-08-16 13:48 -0400
                Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-08-17 08:29 +1000
                Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-08-16 19:11 -0400
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