Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:36:16 +0200 From: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox is so slow Message-ID: <CAO%2BPfDfmD8eMqjJhi9FezitGZojhxjjOxqC1521UhOfZ8qo10Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130429103600.GA9403@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <CAO%2BPfDfrCrLs_jMWzu6Ki6gw4FavSXD67%2BG6bEAXfzVe5vwi1A@mail.gmail.com> <20130429103600.GA9403@slackbox.erewhon.net>
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2013/4/29 Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>: > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:18:57AM +0200, David Demelier wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I used to love firefox in the early days, when I started using Linux >> around 2003-2004. It was so fast. Now it's just amazing how long does >> it take to start. >> >> On my machine : intel i3 540, 2G of RAM and FreeBSD 9.1 it takes >> around 12 secondes to start. Is it so long for you too? > > Around 2 seconds on an intel core2 quad, 4G RAM, FreeBSD 9.1 amd64. > >> What kind of bloat has been added so it's so big to start.. > > When building firefox from source, I only set the GIO and > OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS options to ON. All other options were set to OFF. > > You could try using Profile Guided Optimizations, but it will make the > build a lot slower. > > Do you have plugins (not add-ons) like java or flash installed? Try > disabling those. > I had DBUS and LOGGING enabled, I also have flash installed, I will try like you with OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS and without other options to see if it helps, Thanks for the hint -- Demelier David
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