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Re: Firefox alternatives?

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First post2024-12-11 21:50 +0100
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  Re: Firefox alternatives? debian@kcburns.com - 2024-12-11 21:50 +0100
    Re: Firefox alternatives? Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2024-12-11 21:50 +0100
      Re: Firefox alternatives? debian@kcburns.com - 2024-12-11 22:20 +0100

#275522 — Re: Firefox alternatives?

Fromdebian@kcburns.com
Date2024-12-11 21:50 +0100
SubjectRe: Firefox alternatives?
Message-ID<JSBOF-gbUy-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
On 12/11/2024 3:08 PM, 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?
> 


Brave Browser
https://brave.com/
-- have their own repository

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#275523

FromBret Busby <bret@busby.net>
Date2024-12-11 21:50 +0100
Message-ID<JSBOF-gbUy-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#275522
On 12/12/24 04:43, debian@kcburns.com wrote:
> On 12/11/2024 3:08 PM, 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?
>>
> 
> 
> Brave Browser
> https://brave.com/
> -- have their own repository
> 
> 
> 
Brave has a bad reputation for tracking users and selling their personal 
information.

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

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#275528

Fromdebian@kcburns.com
Date2024-12-11 22:20 +0100
Message-ID<JSChH-gcop-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#275523
On 12/11/2024 3:47 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 12/12/24 04:43, debian@kcburns.com wrote:
>> On 12/11/2024 3:08 PM, 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?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Brave Browser
>> https://brave.com/
>> -- have their own repository
>>
>>
>>
> Brave has a bad reputation for tracking users and selling their personal 
> information.
> 
> ..
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> (UTC+0800)
> ..............
> 
help me research that please - where do I look?

I chose them for their privacy

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