Message-ID: <68a1217f@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <107kmkc$fjp8$1@dont-email.me> <689e5392@news.ausics.net> <689fcfb1@news.ausics.net> <107pteh$1m734$1@dont-email.me> <68a1065c@news.ausics.net> <107r377$1vnq2$1@dont-email.me> User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20250707 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 17 Aug 2025 10:25:35 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 27 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:71422 TJ wrote: > On 2025-08-16 18:29, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >> TJ 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. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#