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On 16/08/15 19:53, mr meowski wrote:
On 16/08/15 16:38, Tom wrote:The thing is you don't want random core allocation - the browser needs to run in a separate core from the 'tabs' so that it can respond quickly to the user - if its in the same core as a looping process it can take a long time to respond to killing the damn thing. Tom te tom te tomkill -9 `pidof firefox` Seriously, what are you weirdoes doing to firefox to make so many bad things happen? I use it exclusively as my main browser on every computer I touch, every single day (win/mac/linux/bsd). I can't remember the last time it crashed or hung or misbehaved in any way and I frequently compile and use the bleeding edge nightly versions too. Heavy user, 70+ tabs open, lots of plugins and extensions. No issues. At all. It doesn't use too much memory either, it's called caching! People bang on all the time about Chrome's tab per process but fear not, Firefox has that too: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis Ok, so it's not in the standard builds yet but it soon will be. This is just my personal opinion but it seems to be pretty obvious that Firefox is the only decent browser left. Chrome is built by the corporate overlords :/ I do also quite like vivaldi which is a weird kind of off-shoot from opera. Cheers
+!I use Frefox, Chrome and Opera on both my personal machines (Debian sid on one machine and Mint on the other). FF is my main browser. Never had any real problems with it in all the years it has been my main browser. Like mr meowski I often have many tabs open and I use loads of add-ons including No-Script.
I only use Chrome for the odd Flash movie I must see (I have No-Script blocking Flash on FF). Likewise I only have Opera because the wife loves it therefore I need a copy so we can sort it when she is having a problem.
I can only presume you guys either have an OS problem (the ubiquitous but flaky Ubuntu or MS Windows?) or you believe all the anti-FF fud.
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