Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:38:03 +0200 From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FireFox memory usage Message-ID: <20170915133803.GA2170@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <a891f402-c392-4d2f-fc8d-a397c8d0ab72@netfence.it> References: <a891f402-c392-4d2f-fc8d-a397c8d0ab72@netfence.it>
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Hi! > Since a few days my 4GiB desktop is crawling due to swap usage and > looking at top, I see FireFox using almost 7GiB of RAM (SIZE column), > 2.5 of which are "RES". Firefox memory usage grows without bounds, depending on the websites you visit. I do not close my browser, it sometimes runs for several months. It can easily consume 5-7 GB with approx. 50 open browser windows. That's an issue the mozilla foundation should work on... -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 3 years to go !
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