latest chromium-browser using high cpu on any page

Sun Dec 15 19:12:07 UTC 2013

One problem with offering both is how do we fit it on a cd as not all can
boot from usb without plop or from dvd.

Also remember that alt+scrollwheel in lubuntu means switch desktop unless
you want to change openbox configuration.

On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Dale Visser <dale.visser at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Oops... I meant for that to go to the list. Thanks, Israel! :-)
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> From: Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com>
> Sent: 12/15/2013 11:21 AM
> To: Dale Visser <dale.visser at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: latest chromium-browser using high cpu on any page
>
>  You replied only to me...
> It has integrated addblock features, and you can easily turn off
> JavaScript, and manage what cookies are sent/kept, Click to Play, HTML5
> data that is kept, etc...  It has a lot of nice features built in to it.
> So far I have really enjoyed using it.  Importing bookmarks is pretty
> painless as well.
>
> On 12/15/2013 08:48 AM, Dale Visser wrote:
>
>  I looked at the Qupzilla homepage, and agree it could be an excellent
> choice for the default browser. I personally use FF for the set of
> extensions I like (esp. NoScript and LastPass), and even on Chrome/Chromium
> like a certain set of extensions. For a basic user, though, having a super
> fast, low-resource, yet functional browser like Qupzilla would make for a
> great default.
>
> Sent from my Windows Phone
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> From: Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com>
> Sent: 12/15/2013 8:41 AM
> To: lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: latest chromium-browser using high cpu on any page
>
>  @Jordan
>
> I was being excited about QupZilla, not Chromium.
> I think the thing to offer the choice of browsers would be the ubiquity
> installer.  I have never looked at what makes up ubiquity, so I have no
> idea.  I am not even sure what language it was written in.
>
> I don't know what the dev options are for QupZilla, but it might end up
> being a nice browser for day-to-day browsing.  I suppose the reality of
> switching to it at a later date will be if it is Actively developed, and
> has a strong developer community behind (i.e. wont disappear overnight),
> though WebKit itself has a strong community of developers, so it should be
> fair safe, and offer a good browsing experience.  Also it would need to be
> in the official repositories to actually be included, and would need a lot
> of testing on a lot of machines.
>
> I was really just excited to have a Qt browser that is fast and has a lot
> of features to use on old computers when LXQt comes out one day in the
> future (and is fully usable).
>
> @sd you should check out QupZilla, it offers quite a bit.  (Alt+Scroll
> Wheel for horizontal scrolling).  Not sure if all the dev options available
> would suit you, but it allows for WebKit  plugins.  I just started trying
> it out, and am pretty impressed with it so far.  It is a much nicer
> alternative to Opera, as Opera is closed source/proprietary.
>
>
>
> On 12/14/2013 10:42 PM, Jordan wrote:
>
> I would hesitate to make Chromium "standard" until the browser is
> demonstrated to be compatible with most popular Chrome plug-ins (especially
> security plugins.)  Sure, Chromium might be a good alternative for lower
> spec machines.  Still many lubuntu users will end up removing the Chromium
> package pronto, as I did with older lubuntu releases.  Maybe it'd be better
> to offer users a choice between Chromium and FF.  Can this be done through
> the software center?  I don't use the software center, so I don't know its
> possibilities.
>
> Jordan
>
>
> On 12/14/2013 11:29 PM, Israel wrote:
>
> This is simply amazing.  I think this would make an excellent default...
> but of course I just downloaded it, and configured it.  I will have to do
> some testing to see what all it can handle, and how fast everything is.
> With LXQt coming soon... this would be an excellent addition to the
> lineup... though I just started using it 5 min ago... so this enthusiasm
> may be premature.
>
> On 12/14/2013 08:12 PM, David Yentzen wrote:
>
>  I have never used Midori with Lubuntu so cannot comment on it. FF works
> well on my Lubuntu machine but I have been using QupZilla lately. It is
> very fast, opening in less than 2 secs and page response it also very
> fast.  It is lightweight with minimal plug-ins but does all that I need,
> you may wish to try it out.  There is a ppa for it here:
>
> https://launchpad.net/~nowrep/+archive/qupzilla<https://launchpad.net/%7Enowrep/+archive/qupzilla>
>
>  Regards
>  David
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ubuntu-bug chromium
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>> should report it just fine.
>> I have found Opera runs very fast on my oldest computers, though it is
>> proprietary.  If you have a REALLY slow computer it makes using the
>> internet much more plesant, though I would rather it be free and open.
>> I did a lot of testing of all the web browsers on that computer, before
>> I gave it to someone.  I tried Chromium, Firefox, Opera, Dooble, Midori,
>> Seamonkey (well most of the browsers in the repos, except Konq) and all
>> of them took +5 Seconds to open.  Firefox took about 1 second less than
>> Chromium, and Opera took about 2 seconds, pages also responded much
>> quicker, than in the others, and if I had a bunch of stuff going it
>> wouldn't bog down completely.  Midori was also pretty fast (for
>> navigating), but loaded the same as the others.
>> If your computer is REALLY slow I'd suggest tryng it out for a more
>> pleasant experience.  If not, enjoy Firefox.
>>
>> On 12/14/2013 03:06 AM, sd wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > since last update of chromium-browser on Lubuntu 13.10 the CPU usage
>> > is very high with any open page:
>> >
>> > Version 31.0.1650.63 Ubuntu 13.10
>> > (31.0.1650.63-0ubuntu0.13.10.1~20131204.1)
>> >
>> > Task Manager (lxde)
>> >
>> > Command User CPU% RSS VM-Size
>> > chro root 27% 222.0 MB 1.3 GB
>> > chromium-browser user 11% 72.1MB 16777216.0 TB
>> >
>> > Screenshot
>> >
>> > http://postimg.org/image/i8hiqwuc5/
>> > http://s18.postimg.org/i8hiqwuc5/chromium.jpg
>> >
>> > It just goes higher and higher if you open any more pages, until the
>> > system does not respond anymore.
>> >
>> > I know chromium-browser is not the default browser anymore, and I am
>> > not sure where to report this issue. Firefox is running ok, so I am
>> > switching to it atm.
>> >
>> > Regards, p
>> >
>>
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