Re: Firefox alternatives?

From	Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Firefox alternatives?
Date	2024-12-12 11:00 +0100
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On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 1:17 AM Greg Marks <gtmarks@gmail.com> 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?
>
> Possible alternatives that aren't too resource-intensive include Lynx,
> Dillo, and Falkon.  Each has limitations but might serve your purposes.
>

I you are using GNOME Desktop then I recommend epiphany. If you are using
KDE then Falkon is a good choice.

epiphany-browser/stable 43.1-1 amd64
 Intuitive GNOME web browser

falkon/stable 22.12.1-2 amd64
 lightweight web browser based on Qt WebEngine


>
> Best regards,
> Greg Marks
>


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