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Automate a periodical "Minimize Memory usage" on Firefox
During many years using Firefox and forks and I've realized that sometimes Firefox gets slow and sometimes unresponsive.
Workaround, going to about:memory, and clicking on "Measure" button ...
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Firefox high virtual memory consumption
I am using Firefox 73.0 (64 bit) on Ubuntu. I was very happy with that until a few weeks.
Today, Firefox is taking too much of the available memory and make my system almost unusable. I have browsed ...
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Very high memory usage on Windows 10 but programs don't add up
I generally get a memory usage >80% but when I check the Task Manager, none of the programs add up to that usage. The laptop (Dell XPS 13 9360) frequently has to resort to my SSD with a large number ...
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How can I create a RAM disk and install Firefox into it?
I've a Fedora 22 64-bits system running under a notebook with Intel Core i3 processor and 7.7GB of RAM. I only use about 2~3GB of RAM (with everything I need) and I want to speed up my system, so I've ...
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Firefox bottleneck with lot's of tabs open?
I'm currently using Firefox 28.0 on a windows 7 system on a SSD. Sometimes, when I do some research, I open about 180+ tabs on my machine. This makes firefox super slow, without using the SSD or CPU ...
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Why is Firefox Using 2 Gigabytes of RAM?
I have version 26.0. Firefox uses 2 gigabytes of RAM minimum with only one tab open. I've tried uninstalling add-ons, disabling plug-ins, everything, but nothing helps. What do I do?
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Why does Firefox cause high-CPU-usage "spikes" every few seconds?
When I start Firefox, I have no problems for a while, but after a couple of days, CPU spikes start to occur. During a spike, Firefox freezes and then stops. Spikes occur every seven to ten seconds, ...
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How to increase speed of Firefox rendering complex UI over many tabs?
I typically have 8-10 tabs open while working - my local website, mostly programming/poweruser sites like this one, a couple of news sites and 1-2 Youtube videos.
Firefox becomes slower (not painful ...
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