From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Nov 8 17:16:42 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35B08466FF2 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2020 17:16:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Received: from mx1.riseup.net (mx1.riseup.net [198.252.153.129]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CTglX2J54z4Slj for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2020 17:16:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Received: from capuchin.riseup.net (capuchin-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (not verified)) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CTglL2n24zFmg8 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2020 09:16:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=riseup.net; s=squak; t=1604855790; bh=7Lgq2xL/b8yp/Ad9Prw7SzUmG7wz1/hmwuu6HOYS1gs=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=RCH5GIwJRyMK++VYMpq94F87c6OE4U2GJ+EGGeP2cgSma+Ym7dNhSl1nzWufTr6TZ Fr+SuLtTURqdqcJHCKWiyecsctY25H9xo/UMFCLSlclL8jQe5nHhv3g6aakbOqKHW0 FKOkcMCzJUihWl4vPXdh/GPfsxbBYD8cLuEE/Htk= X-Riseup-User-ID: 1B2FFD124152901C61108CADF8C7B361845A0DF99A66F92EB09D275BC4EDFF20 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by capuchin.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4CTglK4gwCz8tqN for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2020 09:16:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 18:16:15 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox memory usage Message-ID: <20201108181615.3c9ce7f0@archlinux> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4CTglX2J54z4Slj X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=riseup.net header.s=squak header.b=RCH5GIwJ; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=riseup.net; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ralf-mardorf@riseup.net designates 198.252.153.129 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ralf-mardorf@riseup.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.60 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(0.00)[198.252.153.129:from]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[riseup.net:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[riseup.net,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[198.252.153.129:from]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16652, ipnet:198.252.153.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[198.252.153.129:from]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[riseup.net:s=squak]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[198.252.153.129:from:127.0.2.255]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[riseup.net:dkim]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2020 17:16:42 -0000 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