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Firefox opening too many instances

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fracarol
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Hi all, Firefox has been using quite a bit of RAM lately.

Ok, I had like a dozen tabs open, but I think this might be a little too many Firefox instances (see screenshot; minimize memory usage just run).

I have already tried disablig tab autostart and decreasing the value of processes in about:config but nothing ever changes.

I hope someone will be able to help me out. Thanks :)

Hi all, Firefox has been using quite a bit of RAM lately. Ok, I had like a dozen tabs open, but I think this might be a little too many Firefox instances (see screenshot; minimize memory usage just run). I have already tried disablig tab autostart and decreasing the value of processes in about:config but nothing ever changes. I hope someone will be able to help me out. Thanks :)
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Maybe this will help.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1360357

and this

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-or-cpu-resources

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jonzn4SUSE
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Maybe this will help.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1360357

and this

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-or-cpu-resources

fracarol
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jonzn4SUSE said
Maybe this will help. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1360357 and this https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-or-cpu-resources

Alright, I've taken some time to see how the Fission fix did and it seems to be working fine. Still, I haven't figured out how the Firefox instances really work but at least now they are under control.

Thanks for your help :)