ye, the fsync problem shows especially when you are uncompressing something...ff freezes until the disk operations are completed :/
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > The worst thing about Firefox 3 on Linux is the fsync problem with ext3 > in my opinion. It makes Firefox nearly unusable when handling large > files at the same time as browsing. That, and flash - although I've > lately installed flashblock on my system, and I find it a godsend, that > way I can see flash apps, only when I want to see them, not the otherway > round. Your RAM and CPU will thank you for installing it, I can > guarantee it. > > > > Iain wrote: > > Gregory Smirnov wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > >> One thing I hate is that on Linux, firefox would use all your memory and > >> cache, if you kept it open for a while, and make your system unusable. > The > >> only way to free memory properly is to reboot. (sounds familiar? ;) > >> > > > > No. > > > > FF had a tendency to gobble large chunks of RAM over a good period of > > time, but simply restarting FF always clears that up. Never have to > reboot. > > > > Iain. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >
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