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Hi Neil Over the last few weeks I have been testing some browsers from Neil's recommendations. I am currently using Vivaldi and it has made a huge difference. No longer do the fans kick in 5 seconds as they do after launching Firefox! Thanks Neil. Have a great day everyone. --- See you Rich 07546 804439 https://gucu.org.uk/ May 21, 2019 8:58 AM, "Neil" <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 20/05/2019 19:40, Rich wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> I seem to remember doing an update on Firefox recently and I am now >> finding that it is a huge memory problem. Currently looking at the >> system monitor it using around 1.5gb of memory and all 4 cores available >> on our laptop. This is a low end laptop but if I just run Firefox all >> its resources go. Any ideas please? >> --- >> See you >> Rich >> 07546 804439 >> https://gucu.org.uk > > I gave up on Firefox a long time ago. It was just getting too bloated > for me, and some of the tweaks that I liked were no longer available. > Nowadays, if I install a new version of Linux it always includes FF, so > I just ignore it. > > Mostly I use Pale Moon as my browser, and also Vivaldi. If I want > something that is, IMO, how FF should be, then I also have Waterfox > installed, so I use that sometimes. > > Just some ideas for browsers other than FF, > > Neil > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq