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On Mon, 2015-08-17 at 08:30 +0100, Tom wrote: > 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 tom > > > > kill -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 want to be able to kill a tab without killing the browser: even > getting to another window to run kill can take time when the browser has > gone bonkers - generally due to me running obscure shit like gpu stuff > or just some of my own code! > Tom te tom te tom > For what it's worth, the only time I have process problems with Firefox is when using it to view the Shop Security cams, after a few hours being in a browser Tab, and then the Screensaver locks, try to get back in again and All cores hit 100% for a bout 5 mims! before giving me the desktop back. Killing Firefox helps but as tom says it would be nice to just kill a tab. -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) A dedicated Linux user /usr/bin/microsoft minions.kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxx www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk http://hangouts.google.com/start Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq