On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 18:06:52 +0000 piorunz <pior...@gmx.com> wrote: > On 11/02/2022 17:01, Celejar wrote: > > So I've heard. So is this something I just have to live with? Does > > everyone have this problem? I actually did used to kill firefox when I > > was experiencing memory pressure - it certainly relieved the immediate > > problem, but I think I found that not all the memory used was returned, > > and when I restarted firefox, the problem of running out of memory > > often returned before long (i.e., in much less time than after a fresh > > install). > > Yes that's typical for today's browsers. I never close browsers/reboot > my home-work computer, right now I have 2 days uptime and 17 GB memory > allocated between my normal day to day tools. > > > Go to Firefox Settings / Performance > Untick Recommended settings and change Content process limit to 1. Like > in the screenshot. > That will decrease memory usage.
Thanks - I'll look into this. Celejar