* On 2024 11 Dec 18:32 -0600, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 06:07:49PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > I don't like to be that guy that says, "Works for me", but I don't > > notice problems with Firefox here. > > […] > > > I do have 16GB of RAM > > You have four times the RAM of the OP. 4G is incredibly marginal spec > for a desktop 2024. > > You could try temporarily setting your kernel command line to have > mem=4g and experience life that way for a couple of hours. My guess is > it runs like a dog for you too.
I didn't read his RAM amount until later in the thread. I do have a Lenovo T410, Core i5 based, laptop that isn't new by any stretch with 8GB of RAM and equivalent swap on an SSD. I routinely have both Firefox and Chromium running on it along with GNU Cash and a terminal session. Sometimes another app or two and it perks right along. In fact, it has been so reliable for me that I replaced the original screen in it last week as it had been getting lines on it for some time. From reading the rest of the thread, IMO, the OP hasn't been running an ad blocker which is just simply a necessity these days. I suspect that even running uBlock Origin that the situation will improve. Another step that may help is running a lighter DE such as Xfce. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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