Many thanks for this tip, Nicholas! Everything is running so much faster now.
Would it be worthwhile to mention this somewhere on the main conkerorwiki? (I'm assuming it's not there already). --B. > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:57:12 +0300 > From: Nicholas Ochiel <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Conkeror] xulrunner-2.0 > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > If for some reason you haven't yet upgraded to xulrunner-2.0xxx (the > one that's shipping alongside Firefox 4 RCs) then I would strongly > encourage it. It runs Conkeror much faster and with a smaller memory. > Additionally, the dastardly memory leaks I would experience if I left > twitter (or any javascript heavy application) open for several hours > are completely gone. I have had Conkeror running for 24 hours and > it's still snappy. While using xulrunner-1.9xx I would have to > restart Conkeror periodically otherwise it would grind to a halt. > > Upgrade, it's totally worth it. > > > ps. For those who don't know, on Ubuntu, simply run > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa && sudo > apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xulrunner-2.0 > > Then follow the instructions on http://conkeror.org/MultipleXULRunners > (noting that the GRE list is stored in /etc/gre.d/ not ~/.gre.d/ as > indicated on that page) > > Nicholas Ochiel, > > I study theoretical mathematics.? I write fiction.? I like puppies. > >
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