How to put Firefox on a diet?
I've been using Firefox for a while, and while there are many things I like about it, it has always been a resource hog. In the past I could get around this by just killing Firefox in Windows Resource Manager and restarting, but ever since getting a new computer an upgrading to Windows 11, it's gotten worse. Every couple of days my computer freezes for 10 or more minutes, I'm having to do a hard reboot ever few days, and I'm even bluescreening about twice a month. I'm pretty sure Firefox is the culprit because killing it will usually resolve the issue.
I'm wondering if there is some way to put Firefox in a sandbox so it does not consume nearly all available memory and other computer resources. It is by far the biggest consumer of resources on my system and I do not want to dedicate 4GB+ of memory to an app that is just showing a couple of web pages and playing YouTube videos.
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I challenge you to try another browser and open the same amount of windows and tabs and see what amount is ram is being used. Just boot into windows and don't open another app and see what amount is used. You bought a workstation for a reason. ;-)) Now mark this as resolved and get back to work.
Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.6 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0 Qt Version: 5.15.12 Kernel Version: 6.4.0-150600.23.81-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 System Version: SBKPFV3
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I ordered some, but the store cancelled the order. I just started a new order, so hopefully it will arrive soon.
I ordered two 16 GB sticks of Kingston FURY Beast DDR5. My system is working a lot smoother now, and haven't crashed yet since the upgrade. I guess I didn't realize how maxing out was degrading performance.
Still, Firefox is consuming 7GB right now, and my entire PC is using 32GB of that 48GB. That seems pretty excessive to me since I'm just using Firefox to play some YouTube videos and show a few web pages that aren't particularly heavy. I do have a lot of tabs open, but none of them should be running anything heavy.
That is after having my system up for a bout three days, but even on a fresh boot it doesn't take Firefox long to grab 4GB.
Perhaps the YouTube player is not releasing memory it uses? Or there is a leak somewhere?
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I challenge you to try another browser and open the same amount of windows and tabs and see what amount is ram is being used. Just boot into windows and don't open another app and see what amount is used. You bought a workstation for a reason. ;-)) Now mark this as resolved and get back to work.
Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.6 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0 Qt Version: 5.15.12 Kernel Version: 6.4.0-150600.23.81-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 System Version: SBKPFV3
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