On 9/5/21 3:33 am, deloptes wrote:
Dan Ritter wrote:
It is also the case that fans are cheap. Replacing one for
$10-20 is generally good for another 5-10 years.
But the question is why it runs > 100% - the fan is not that important in
the case. It could be replaced with not so loud one, but the CPU will still
run at 100+ % when firefox is running.
I changed the title to make it more explanatory
I think this goes to an issue, over which, I tend to get into heated
arguments, including with my wife, who is a software developer, who
develops web sites that I believe to be responsible.
In the original post, from memory, was stated that it happened with some
web sites, and, not with others, and, this involves an issue of system
load, due to particular web sites.
I think this goes to the issue of client side processing, as opposed to
server side processing ( I believe, and, argue, that all processing
involved with web sites, should be server side, if the web sites are
competently and benignly written, and that client side processing, is
malignant), and I suggest that it could be worth viewing the source code
of the web site(s) responsible for the problem.
I sometimes encounter web sites that are so badly and heavily client
side weighted, that it can take five to ten minutes, to get a response
from a key press, in a form, and, other web sites whizz through stuff,
on the same computer, in the same web browser.
So, I tend to have more than one web browser running at the same time,
with firefox script enabled, and, the other(s) script disabled.. On my
other system, I have firefox running, script enabled, and, Seamonkey
running, script disabled.
Another issue, depending upon the nature of the web site(s) with which
you have a problem, could be in the use of plugins in firefox - some
particularly malicious web sites put up quite aggressive fights against
ad blocking and tracking blocking plugins, and try to burn out computers
of users who object to ads and being tracked and who object to websites
trying to steal the users' identities and personal information.
So, if you can find a trusted web site, I suggest temporarily disabling
all plugins, and, monitoring the effect, if any, on your system load - I
would not do this, with the web site(s) responsible for this problem - I
think the system load problem, could be your computer defending itself
against an attack.
I also wonder whether you notice any unexpected massive data traffic.
I have, from time to time, noticed unexpected sustained downloads, using
up tens of gigabytes of my quota.
Unfortunately, insofar as I am aware, Linux does not have any packages
that indicate what websites are responsible for Internet traffic; if I
notice sustained downloading of over half a megabyte per second, all
that I can do, is turn off the networking, for a couple of hours, and,
check to see whether it resumes the unsolicited traffic.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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