Performance shock (oops follow-up)

Peter Garrett peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Sun Apr 24 03:30:47 UTC 2005


On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 12:38:02 +1000
Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> As for Firefox, while it's true it starts more slowly on first launch, I
> haven't noticed any lack of speed subsequently. It might also be worth
> remembering that the way RAM use shows in Linux is different - a lot of
> memory use is actually cache etc...

Sorry, just re-read CB's original post, in which he refers to *cpu* and not *ram* - my mistake. 
I haven't noticed Firefox hogging cpu though - even with 20-30 tabs open...

Apologies for the reply to my own post.

Peter




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