Γιώργος Κωστόπουλος, can you tell, what versions of each release were you using? — Not just ESR, but the 52.x version; then also, if you had any add-ons installed, and when exactly did the speed problems appear?
-M. 17.05.2018 1:59 kirjutas kuupäeval "Γιώργος Κωστόπουλος" < giorgos...@gmail.com>: > > > > Could you try Firefox ESR > > (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/) and tell us if > it's > > faster? IceCat is based on Firefox ESR. > > > > > > Oh I see! Then we found the source of the problem! :-) > > Firefox ESR forcefully installed from repositories on Debian, > somewhere in the middle of Jessie lifecycle, replacing IceWeasel (the > now defunct Debian fork of Firefox). > I tried Firefox ESR at past but I abandoned it, because it was very buggy. > (First time on repositories after many years, without prior testing). > > I think I'll wait and when I'll get my hands to a more up to date > Linux system, I'll try IceCat again. > THANKS David for helping identifying the source of the problem!!! > Bye! :-) > G. > > > >> IceCat from https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ > >> Both official release binaries x64. > >> > >> > >>> On 2018-05-16 19:30, Γιώργος Κωστόπουλος wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi! :-) > >>>> > >>>> I downloaded GNU IceCat x64 binary, before a few days for a test > drive. > >>>> (I'm on Debian Jessie (oldstable) x64 KDE). > >>>> > >>>> While I'm generally satisfied with it, I have (only) one major > problem: > >>>> It's very slow here. It's like having (a better) Firefox, but in slow > >>>> motion. > >>>> I tried also in Safe Mode (searching for a troubling addon), but I had > >>>> no gain in speed. > >>>> > >>>> I have no previous experience with IceCat, so I'm just reporting it. > >>>> Any opinions? > >>>> > >>>> TIA! :-) > >>>> G. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > > > > > > -- > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org >
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