Ubuntu 13.04 Suffers Performance

[Nils Kassube]

Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 19/06/13 15:58, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Basil Chupin wrote:
> >> Do you clear the cache (and possibly history etc) when you shutdown
> >> Firefox?
> > 
> > Yes, I clear the cache but not the history. Do you suggest that a
> > startup delay could be caused by an empty cache?
> 
> No, just the opposite - the cache would be loaded when you start FF
> but you clear it so this is not a possible cause. However, what about
> History? how big is it?

Ah, I misunderstood your hint then. Well, I don't know which file 
contains the history, but if it is places.sqlite that would be 11 MiB.

> I have a rather large Bookmarks file and I have noticed that FF takes
> just a bit longer to start nowadays, but it doesn't worry me.

I don't have many bookmarks - bookmarks.html is only 20 kiB.

> I did read sometime ago that 'to make Firefox leaner and meaner' one
> should clear out the sqlite databases occasionally. The command to do
> this - in console as root, and put command all on the 1 (one) line:
> 
> Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getSe
> rvice(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSi
> mpleSQL("VACUUM");

Thanks for the command, but I don't understand what it does, so I won't 
try it. If I read "executeSimpleSQL("VACUUM")", I fear it would delete 
things I want to keep.

Actually I'm not really worried about the startup delay. I just 
mentioned my observations of the unrelated slow NFS share because it 
might give others a hint where to look for their slow firefox start.


Nils