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Firefox takes up too much ram

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Whenever I have 2 tabs open, Firefox always takes up 2gb of ram. I already turned on minimum memory usage in about:memory and turned off hardware acceleration.

For context, my specs: 8gb ram i5 1240p (integrated graphics)

I know you're meant to use up all of your ram, but I typically have other apps pen to multitask.

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Whenever I have 2 tabs open, Firefox always takes up 2gb of ram. I already turned on minimum memory usage in about:memory and turned off hardware acceleration. For context, my specs: 8gb ram i5 1240p (integrated graphics) I know you're meant to use up all of your ram, but I typically have other apps pen to multitask. Thank you

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Have a look. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1401082#answer-1557050

Laptop, Desktop, or DIY? https://www.pcworld.com/article/2192354/why-32-gb-ram-is-becoming-the-standard.html


Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.6 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.10 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.114.0 Qt Version: 5.15.12 Kernel Version: 6.4.0-150600.9-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS with Radeon Graphics Memory: 62.1 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics Manufacturer: HP Product Name: HP EliteBook 865 16 inch G9 Notebook PC

Modified by jonzn4SUSE

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I believe that just logging into my Win11 laptop and not opening any apps that about 8 or 9gigs is used up by Windows. Let me go check.

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Here's win11 for me after logging in and not opening Firefox. see screenshot


Device name ZBook-17-G4 Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1535M v6 @ 3.10GHz 3.10 GHz Installed RAM 64.0 GB (63.4 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 24H2 Installed on ‎18-‎Feb-‎24 OS build 26058.1400 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26058.1100.0

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You can get more details by visiting about:processes in the address bar (Shift+Esc). You can also close processes there to free up memory.

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