Why does Firefox 64.0 use so much memory in Xubuntu 18.04.1?
I have a problem with my new install of xubuntu 18.04.1: Firefox uses about 58% of my 2GB of memory.
On my old install of Xubuntu 16.04 it used about 400 Mb and I don't know where the difference suddenly comes from.
I can find on the web some things about changing preferences but that is not the answer I think. It should work after a clean install.
I only found this but the last entry is about 2 months old
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1462162
Hope that somebody can help.
xubuntu firefox ram
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I have a problem with my new install of xubuntu 18.04.1: Firefox uses about 58% of my 2GB of memory.
On my old install of Xubuntu 16.04 it used about 400 Mb and I don't know where the difference suddenly comes from.
I can find on the web some things about changing preferences but that is not the answer I think. It should work after a clean install.
I only found this but the last entry is about 2 months old
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1462162
Hope that somebody can help.
xubuntu firefox ram
edited Dec 16 at 11:16
DK Bose
13k123983
asked Dec 16 at 11:13
firewire-p5k
112
add a comment |
I have a problem with my new install of xubuntu 18.04.1: Firefox uses about 58% of my 2GB of memory.
On my old install of Xubuntu 16.04 it used about 400 Mb and I don't know where the difference suddenly comes from.
I can find on the web some things about changing preferences but that is not the answer I think. It should work after a clean install.
I only found this but the last entry is about 2 months old
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1462162
Hope that somebody can help.
xubuntu firefox ram
edited Dec 16 at 11:16
DK Bose
13k123983
asked Dec 16 at 11:13
firewire-p5k
112
I have a problem with my new install of xubuntu 18.04.1: Firefox uses about 58% of my 2GB of memory.
On my old install of Xubuntu 16.04 it used about 400 Mb and I don't know where the difference suddenly comes from.
I can find on the web some things about changing preferences but that is not the answer I think. It should work after a clean install.
I only found this but the last entry is about 2 months old
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1462162
Hope that somebody can help.
xubuntu firefox ram
xubuntu firefox ram
edited Dec 16 at 11:16
DK Bose
13k123983
asked Dec 16 at 11:13
firewire-p5k
112
edited Dec 16 at 11:16
DK Bose
13k123983
asked Dec 16 at 11:13
firewire-p5k
112
edited Dec 16 at 11:16
DK Bose
13k123983
edited Dec 16 at 11:16
DK Bose
13k123983
edited Dec 16 at 11:16
DK Bose
13k123983
13k123983
asked Dec 16 at 11:13
firewire-p5k
112
asked Dec 16 at 11:13
firewire-p5k
112
asked Dec 16 at 11:13
firewire-p5k
112
112
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I think it's just a problem that firefox is getting to big, and xubuntu and kubuntu with there choice of firefox as there browser, that they no longer are a low system requirements operating system.
For sure not a 512 Mb.
Firefox has a page about speeding up firefox the address is.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram.
And you can do something about multiple processes that firefox opens and you do that in preferences see picture here set them to 1.
set processes to one
answered Dec 18 at 0:32
firewire-p5k
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Does whatever you've posted as an answer improve things compared to "58% of my 2GB of memory"?
– DK Bose
Dec 18 at 0:56
I did what the support page from mozzila told me, but it didn't work, so it's no the answer. It just made it use less processes like 3, but made it use more memory like 66% and not less.
– firewire-p5k
Dec 19 at 9:23
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I think it's just a problem that firefox is getting to big, and xubuntu and kubuntu with there choice of firefox as there browser, that they no longer are a low system requirements operating system.
For sure not a 512 Mb.
Firefox has a page about speeding up firefox the address is.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram.
And you can do something about multiple processes that firefox opens and you do that in preferences see picture here set them to 1.
set processes to one
answered Dec 18 at 0:32
firewire-p5k
112
Does whatever you've posted as an answer improve things compared to "58% of my 2GB of memory"?
– DK Bose
Dec 18 at 0:56
I did what the support page from mozzila told me, but it didn't work, so it's no the answer. It just made it use less processes like 3, but made it use more memory like 66% and not less.
– firewire-p5k
Dec 19 at 9:23
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I think it's just a problem that firefox is getting to big, and xubuntu and kubuntu with there choice of firefox as there browser, that they no longer are a low system requirements operating system.
For sure not a 512 Mb.
Firefox has a page about speeding up firefox the address is.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram.
And you can do something about multiple processes that firefox opens and you do that in preferences see picture here set them to 1.
set processes to one
answered Dec 18 at 0:32
firewire-p5k
112
Does whatever you've posted as an answer improve things compared to "58% of my 2GB of memory"?
– DK Bose
Dec 18 at 0:56
I did what the support page from mozzila told me, but it didn't work, so it's no the answer. It just made it use less processes like 3, but made it use more memory like 66% and not less.
– firewire-p5k
Dec 19 at 9:23
add a comment |
I think it's just a problem that firefox is getting to big, and xubuntu and kubuntu with there choice of firefox as there browser, that they no longer are a low system requirements operating system.
For sure not a 512 Mb.
Firefox has a page about speeding up firefox the address is.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram.
And you can do something about multiple processes that firefox opens and you do that in preferences see picture here set them to 1.
set processes to one
answered Dec 18 at 0:32
firewire-p5k
112
I think it's just a problem that firefox is getting to big, and xubuntu and kubuntu with there choice of firefox as there browser, that they no longer are a low system requirements operating system.
For sure not a 512 Mb.
Firefox has a page about speeding up firefox the address is.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram.
And you can do something about multiple processes that firefox opens and you do that in preferences see picture here set them to 1.
set processes to one
answered Dec 18 at 0:32
firewire-p5k
112
answered Dec 18 at 0:32
firewire-p5k
112
answered Dec 18 at 0:32
firewire-p5k
112
answered Dec 18 at 0:32
firewire-p5k
112
112
Does whatever you've posted as an answer improve things compared to "58% of my 2GB of memory"?
– DK Bose
Dec 18 at 0:56
I did what the support page from mozzila told me, but it didn't work, so it's no the answer. It just made it use less processes like 3, but made it use more memory like 66% and not less.
– firewire-p5k
Dec 19 at 9:23
add a comment |
Does whatever you've posted as an answer improve things compared to "58% of my 2GB of memory"?
– DK Bose
Dec 18 at 0:56
I did what the support page from mozzila told me, but it didn't work, so it's no the answer. It just made it use less processes like 3, but made it use more memory like 66% and not less.
– firewire-p5k
Dec 19 at 9:23
Does whatever you've posted as an answer improve things compared to "58% of my 2GB of memory"?
– DK Bose
Dec 18 at 0:56
Does whatever you've posted as an answer improve things compared to "58% of my 2GB of memory"?
– DK Bose
Dec 18 at 0:56
I did what the support page from mozzila told me, but it didn't work, so it's no the answer. It just made it use less processes like 3, but made it use more memory like 66% and not less.
– firewire-p5k
Dec 19 at 9:23
I did what the support page from mozzila told me, but it didn't work, so it's no the answer. It just made it use less processes like 3, but made it use more memory like 66% and not less.
– firewire-p5k
Dec 19 at 9:23
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