Made the test with "mem=512M nosmp" as suggested... My CPU is a Intel T7200
Both browsers with gmail only: Firefox: 187.28 MB Chromium: 16852k Gmail + Facebook: Firefox: 269.75 MB Chromium: 134220k 2013/6/1 Leszek Lesner <[email protected]> > Am 01.06.2013 23:21, schrieb PCMan: > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 1:53 AM, Julien Lavergne<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> In order to have more feedbacks before deciding to switch to Firefox, >>> or to keep Chromium by default, I would like to ask you some >>> testimonies and any feedbacks about the use of the 2 browsers. We need >>> to evaluate the use of the 2 browsers *on old and not-so-fast >>> hardware*. It's important because our main targets are this type of >>> hardware. I know people are using Lubuntu on high specs hardware (like >>> me), but this is not our main goal to optimize the system for this >>> type of people. >>> >>> One tip if you want to compare memory usage between the 2 browsers : >>> go to the address chrome://memory under chromium. That should not be >>> the only source of information, but it can help in your evaluation. >>> >>> So, if you have feedback on using both browsers, please bring it to us >>> :-) But please, keep the discussion on this topic (feedback on low >>> spec hardware). >>> >>> Thanks in advance :-) >>> >>> Regards, >>> Julien Lavergne >>> >> I did some test with my old dsektop PC with the following spec: >> CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3GHz (single core) with HT turned on. >> RAM: 768 MB >> OS: ArchLinux (no ubuntu on this machine) >> I tested Firefox, Chromium, Midori, Arora, and Qupzilla. >> None of them work after I open more than 3-4 tabs because they use up my >> RAM. >> Almost all of them are frozen after I open facebook + yahoo. >> The command "free" showed that simply after opening 3-4 pages I run >> out of my RAM. >> My swap is being used quite frequently. Hence the freeze. >> >> However, after I did the following, things changed a lot. >> 1. Use CK-patched kernel (BFS scheduler) => only mild improvement >> 2. Edit /etc/sysctl.conf to set "swappiness" to 10 instead of the >> default 60 => use swap less frequently inititally >> 3. Install zram module => Greatly improve overall performance!!! >> >> After the preceding changes, Midori becomes the fastest. Things are >> still smooth after I open several tabs. >> Switching among tabs are fastest with Midori. Then Firefox is the >> second smooth browser. >> Arora and Qupzilla are still slower than Midori. >> >> I dropped Midori long time ago because it crashes constantly. >> However it has improved a lot in these years, too, just like Firefox. >> So maybe it should be an option again. >> >> I'd suggest that we enable zRAM by default on Lubuntu and set >> swappiness to a lower value. >> Compression/decompression in RAM is something that a 586 cpu can do >> easily so it's always faster than reading or writing to the swap. It >> also decreases read/writes for your hard disk due to decreased use of >> on-disk swap. This is a plus if you're using SSD. >> >> Thanks! >> >> +1 > zram really should be enabled by default. There are now downsides to it. > Tweaking the sysctl.conf swappiness is however another question. I would > recommend leaving it at the default value. > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/** > mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users> >
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