[kwlug-disc] Firefox resource usage

Khalid Baheyeldin kb at 2bits.com
Sun Feb 6 15:00:21 EST 2022


On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 10:18 PM Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have Auto_Tab_Discard installed on FF which quiets down my CPU to some
> 8-12%.  Puts tabs to sleep.
>

Another vote for Auto Tab Discard. Without it, Firefox would not be usable.
It also cuts down memory usage, not just CPU.


> I have anywhere from 120-270 tabs in 4 sessions of FF(lowers head in
> shame).
>

My record was 1427 I think, but that was many years ago, before Firefox
switched to a per tab process.


> Khalid, that T450 is from 2015-ish and remarkably more power-efficient
> than the T420 stuff from 3-4 years prior.
>

Odd thing is that this 'new', yet it is not UEFI.
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