This doesn't sound right. Would you mind filing a bug upstream at https://crbug.com, detailing your experience, and link it here?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1735361 Title: "use a prediction service to load pages more quickly" feature works badly Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: From chrome://settings -> privacy & security if the "use a service to load pages more quickly" option is activated, then browsing become worst: - after a few pages loaded, the hdd is continously scanned , the complete system freeze during this heavy scanning, the ram is fully used and the swap is fullfiled. This let think that this option is trying to grab too deeply the related pages (should be limited to the page itself, not including the embedded links). Maybe this is acceptable with ssd, but with hdd its a nightmare. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: chromium-browser 62.0.3202.94-0ubuntu1.1388 Uname: Linux 4.13.12-041312-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Nov 30 09:19:47 2017 DetectedPlugins: SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1735361/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
