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Re: Firefox alternatives?

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On 12/12/24 04:50, Paul M. Foster wrote:
> On 12/11/24 15:08, Van Snyder wrote:
>> After Firefox has been running for a few days my Debian 12.5 gets 
>> really slow. The mouse jerks when it works at all. It takes a minute 
>> or two for wndows to close or top. At the moment, Firefox has 19 
>> processes running. Memory is half full, and swap is about 10% used. 
>> When I kill Firefox and restart, things go back to normal for a few 
>> hours.
>>
>> What alternatives that aren't such pigs do you recommend?
>>
> I call this "memory leakage". I don't know if actual code bugs, or the 
> sloppy way Firefox allocates and frees memory. As far as I know, all 
> browsers suffer from this. If you find one which doesn't, let us know.
> 
> Paul
> 

Many years ago, I believe when I was being taught 'C' programming, we 
were taught to use two instructions named malloc and (I believe the 
other important corresponding instruction), dealloc, and, some software, 
including some web browsers (and, the vile javascript) seem to disregard 
that instruction and its importance, which is kind of like running an 
internal combustion engine without a governor, or, parking a vehicle on 
a slope, without engaging the handbrake.

Memory leakage, by its wording, appears to indicate that the memory gets 
freed, by leakage (like diarrhoea or incontinence), whereas, what seems 
to be occurring, is more like constipation, where the contents are not 
being freed, cumulatively increasing the pressure, causing the computer 
to not feel well, and "fall over".


..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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