I had Lubuntu LXDE in a celeron M processor with a memory stick the same
size or smaller and it ran like the wind. It is possible that add ons
might also slow Firefox down considerably, expecially ones that open
with Firefox and immediately do something like ForecastFox. Lubuntu has
Chromium as the default browser because they perceived of it as faster
than Firefox.
On 10/12/2012 3:32 PM, Orion Vianna wrote:
On 12/02/2012 12:55 AM, Jack Chastain wrote:
I am limited by the hardware to 1G RAM. The System monitor shows I am
using roughly 80% (799M) when I start up and open my normal Chromium
browser list of about 7 tabs, and little else.
I use Firefox as my primary web browser which seem to consume less
memory then chrome or chromium. In my experience flashblock, adblock
plus and noscript addons help firefox consume even less memory.
Setting "don't load tabs until selected" in firefox tabs preferences
can also help.
I did a little research on memory use under Ubuntu and mostly find
older posts. I am not sure if there is anything I can tune to reduce
overall memory use, but if anyone has suggestions, I'd love to hear.
Switching to Unity 2D might help because it's much lighter then
compiz. You could also try a lighter window manager or other lighter
desktop environment.
-Orion
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