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| Started by | Greg Marks <gtmarks@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2024-12-12 03:10 +0100 |
| Last post | 2024-12-12 11:00 +0100 |
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Re: Firefox alternatives? Greg Marks <gtmarks@gmail.com> - 2024-12-12 03:10 +0100
Re: Firefox alternatives? Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2024-12-12 11:00 +0100
| From | Greg Marks <gtmarks@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2024-12-12 03:10 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Firefox alternatives? |
| Message-ID | <JSGOl-gffO-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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> 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. Best regards, Greg Marks
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| From | Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2024-12-12 11:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <JSO9c-gn5f-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #275553 |
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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 > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
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