Re: Firefox alternatives?

From	"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Firefox alternatives?
Date	2024-12-11 21:40 +0100
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On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 12:08:40PM -0800, 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?
>

If you're still running Debian 12.5 - you can check by listing the contents of /etc/debian_version
which should read 12.8 - update Debian to the current version.

Don't leave Firefox running for days with tabs open - close it periodically?

Swap 10% used seems very high. You're running the firefox-esr version supplied in Debian stable?

All the very best, as ever,

Andy Cater
(amacater@debian.org)

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