Another test: Facebook only: Firefox: 134.30 MB Chromium: 127784k
Facebook + Gmail: Firefox: 278.01 MB Chromium: 139352k My Firefox has some extentions (xMarks, Flash Video Downloader, Ubuntu Mod. and Global Menu...) Chromium has no extentions! 2013/6/1 Andre Rodovalho <[email protected]> > 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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