Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 18:16:15 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox memory usage Message-ID: <20201108181615.3c9ce7f0@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <CA%2ByoEx9rAmDP0xoqqDsn6_a5_anRmf=6Y6nKWCxDaoza1F_o5Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2ByoEx9rAmDP0xoqqDsn6_a5_anRmf=6Y6nKWCxDaoza1F_o5Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 8 Nov 2020 13:51:43 -0300, Mario Lobo wrote:
>Has Firefox just become a major memory gobbler ?
If I run Firefox (on Linux) with extensions and themes disabled and just
one tab with the Google search engine opened, it's less resource
hungry. Try safe-mode and just open something like Google. Maybe an
add-on or a website is fishy.
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pkill -9 firefox; free --mebi; firefox --safe-mode & sleep 20; free --mebi; firefox --version
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7850 1655 1991 71 4203 6046
Swap: 2064 101 1963
[1] 184131
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7850 1934 1670 117 4245 5720
Swap: 2064 101 1963
Mozilla Firefox 82.0.2
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