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

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From	not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
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TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote:
> On 2025-08-16 18:29, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> TJ<TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote:
>>> I have no issues with the page on my 11 year old HP laptop this morning,
>>> but then I maxed out the RAM at 16GB soon after buying it at a lawn sale
>>> 4 years ago. RAM is cheap,
>> The RAM isn't upgradable in that. Anyway the page actually works
>> fine, scrolling up and down (or not) for the seconds before the
>> RAM fills up. It's not a regular performance issue. There's a bug
>> in the JS causing it to fill up memory endlessly. I doubt more
>> RAM would do anything more than increase the delay before it runs
>> out and the browser locks up (but you can check the
>> "about:performance" page to see whether the Linux Foundation
>> tab's increasing RAM usage does stop somewhere above where my
>> browser stalls at 1GB if you want). Apparantly it's something my
>> particular Firefox version/configuration is triggering, but it's
>> not directly a hardware issue.
> 
> It stops at 3GB. A huge list of logos and associated links. I wouldn't 
> know how long is reasonable for such a thing, so I can't comment on that 
> - but it DOESN'T "fill up memory endlessly."

OK, I guess the page might just be unusually RAM-hungry by design.

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