I run FireFox version 0.9.3 and don't seem to experience that problem.
Mike Flannigan "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > This is a follow-up to the discussion at the May meeting regarding the > benefits and economics of a faster CPU and larger memory complement in > speeding up an old desktop machine (mine) running Debian Linux. > > It turns out that the simple, no-cost solution was to cease using > FireFox (aka IceWeasel). > > A bit of investigation using the Linux utility "top" revealed FireFox > to be the obvious culprit. Then, a posting to the Debian-users list > revealed that many people are scratching their heads over the problem > of systems in which the system appears to run ever slower, and that > FireFox appears to be the common denominator. > > The solution was to reboot the system (simply stopping all instances > of FireFox was not sufficient) and running another browser. I have > switched to the default browser for Debian, which is Epiphany (aka > Gnome Web Browser 2.14.3). The result is a drastic improvement in > system response and processing speed. Problem solved! > > RLH _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
