On Fri, 31 Aug 2018 23:26:23 +0200 (CEST) local10 <loca...@tutanota.com> wrote:
> Aug 31, 2018, 2:52 PM by nemomm...@gmail.com: > > > On Fri, 31 Aug 2018 09:20:13 +0200 > > Stefan Krueger <> stefan.krue...@aei.mpg.de > > <mailto:stefan.krue...@aei.mpg.de>> > wrote: > >> Hi Patrick, > >> > >> I had the same issue, slow Firefox and use a lot of CPU_power, I > >> delete the .mozilla folder and then everything works fine, maybe > >> you can give it a try?! > >> > > > > Thanks. I'll look into that. Just did a clean install of ESR on > > a new Devuan set up I'm testing. See if it has any effect. > > > > .mozilla folder is where your personal Firefox settings are stored: > plugins, bookmarks, browsing history, etc. Don't delete .mozilla > folder unless you want them to be gone. I know, but did so anyway just to see if it made a difference -- It didn't -- since there were no plug-ins or extensions, etc. installed. ESR was installed for only one purpose: To download Google Chrome. However, I did note that Firefox was not as slow as it was when I first installed it in Wheezy years ago. In fact, it was quite usable. So, it's been "fixed." However, I'm still sticking with Chrome as my primary. B
