[kwlug-disc] Firefox resource usage

[Ron Singh]

Wow, 1427, that is a real big number! Yes, RAM usage went down
significantly too, usually I have close to 6G-8G of RAM consumed by FF, but
with Auto Tab, I usually am sitting around 2.5G-3G.

The T450 does have a UEFI Bios, but that can be turned off to make the PC
appears as "Legacy Only" in the BIOS.
Best to do a reboot, pop into the BIOS and check the settings(Boot options)
to see if the Bios is set for BOTH, or LEGACY only.

I like to set mine as "BOTH" with Legacy as 1st priority, but them again, I
am a slave to old hardware except for my new P17, a T450s and a T570

Ron S.



On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 3:01 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> 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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