Re: Firefox alternatives?

From	Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Firefox alternatives?
Date	2024-12-12 23:20 +0100
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On 13/12/24 06:08, Van Snyder wrote:
> On Fri, 2024-12-13 at 05:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 13/12/24 05:36, Van Snyder wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2024-12-12 at 12:26 +0000, debian-user@howorth.org.uk 
>>> <mailto:debian-user@howorth.org.uk> wrote:
>>>> Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net <mailto:van.snyder@sbcglobal.net>
>>>> <mailto:van.snyder@sbcglobal.net <mailto:van.snyder@sbcglobal.net>>> 
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> FF used to behave like that for me, but the current ESR release from
>>>> Mozilla no longer does that. You haven't said what version of FF you're
>>>> using, or anything about your hardware or software environment. So it's
>>>> pretty difficult to say anything else.
>>>
>>> Firefox 115.140esr (64-bit) from Debian. I don't like to install
>>> software from other sources because it frequently results in a mess of
>>> version incompatibilities.
>>>
>>> Intel Core i3 530 that claims to run at 2.93 GHz, but /proc/cpuinfo
>>> reports varying CPU clocks between 1.2 and 2.2 GHz, but all have the
>>> same bogomips.
>>>
>>> Gigabyte H55M-S2P motherboard.
>>>
>>> Both RAM sockets have 4 GB installed, but dmidecode says only one is
>>> working. Hmmm.
>>>
>>>
>> If you install and run fastfetch, what does that show for the RAM?
> 
> Same as "free -m" 3.7 GB.
> 
> I guess I need to pop open the cover and figure out why only RAM strip 
> is working.
> 
>> ..
>> Bret Busby
>> Armadale
>> West Australia
>> (UTC+0800)
>> ..............
>>
> 
I am wondering whether the two RAM cards are compatible.

In the response from the lshw command that I mentioned, with its syntax, 
it specified the model number and brand of each RAM card in this 
computer (8x16GB RAM cards).

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

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