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Re: Firefox alternatives?

Started byStefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
First post2024-12-12 03:20 +0100
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  Re: Firefox alternatives? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-12-12 03:20 +0100

#275554 — Re: Firefox alternatives?

FromStefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Date2024-12-12 03:20 +0100
SubjectRe: Firefox alternatives?
Message-ID<JSGY1-gfiX-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
> 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?

FWIW, it's not necessarily in the hands of the browser: nowadays
browsers are basically virtual machines running downloaded programs, so
in many cases the CPU and memory use mostly depend on those programs
rather than on the browser you use to run those programs.


        Stefan

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