> Is this really a solution? Then the most principled approach is
> probably to stop using Firefox altogether.
>
> ...
>
> I have been quite happy with surf lately. I only need firefox for the
> rare case in which I need to access a few javascript-intensive
> (crappy) websites for work reasons.
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:37:22 +0100
KatolaZ wrote:
> Is this really a solution? Then the most principled approach is
> probably to stop using Firefox altogether.
Assuming you mean people should choose not to use Firefox, rather than
Devuan choosing not to provide it, I agree. I stopped using Fir
It still hasn't been determined if this is confirmed to be a Devuan
issue or not, so Firefox needs to be ruled out.
No it's not supposed to be a solution, it's just information-gathering.
Welcome to software testing; yes, we turn things off then on again.
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:37:22 +0100
Kat
I'd agree, but then the profile has to be deleted after and I didn't
want to bother checking to see if manager does that correctly.
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:42:06 +0200
Florian Zieboll wrote:
> It's even more easy: Just start firefox with the "--ProfileManager"
> option and create a new user pro
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:00:50 -0700
spiralofhope wrote:
> The most brute-force test is to create a whole new user profile:
>
> # (exit firefox)
> mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla-backup
> # (launch, re-test)
> # (exit firefox)
> rm -rf ~/.mozilla
> mv ~/.mozilla-backup ~/.mozilla
It's even
Isn't it more likely that part of Firefox needs to be paged in, and the
local disk is slow? I see this on a few systems, once in a while.
On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:37 AM, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:00:50AM -0700, spiralofhope wrote:
> > The most brute-force test is to create a
On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:00:50AM -0700, spiralofhope wrote:
> The most brute-force test is to create a whole new user profile:
>
> # (exit firefox)
> mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla-backup
> # (launch, re-test)
> # (exit firefox)
> rm -rf ~/.mozilla
> mv ~/.mozilla-backup ~/.mozilla
>
Thi
The most brute-force test is to create a whole new user profile:
# (exit firefox)
mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla-backup
# (launch, re-test)
# (exit firefox)
rm -rf ~/.mozilla
mv ~/.mozilla-backup ~/.mozilla
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:55:36 +0200
Edward Bartolo wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am lat
Am 27. April 2018 15:55:36 MESZ schrieb Edward Bartolo :
> Does anyone know of anything that can tame Firefox not to gobble all
> my CPU's cycles just to display some letters?
I'd have a look at my lng list of add-ons^^
lg,
f.
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