[xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 12.04 freezes with Firefox?

[Alejandro Lieber]

On 06/06/2013 12:22 PM, Lee Gold wrote:
> Using Xubuntu 12.04 and the FF 20, 1gb Ram. The entire desktop becomes
> unusable. The mouse pointer becomes a hand (not a pointer) and while the
> hand moves via the mouse, nothing can be done and the only remedy is to
> hard reboot. I think FF causes this problem. I have heard FF addons can
> cause this...
>
> I have used other "non-Linix" OS's  with FF w/same addons side by side
> for years and this has never happened with the frequency it happens with
> Xubuntu. This is frustrating as I prefer Xubuntu to all other OS's.
> Midori browser has choppy scrolling and responds slowly for some reason.
> Opera and Chrome I find unintuitive.
>
> I wish FF worked better with Xubuntu.
>
>
FireFox 21 in Xubuntu 12.04 with 1gB ram works perfectly in my computer.

Alejandro Lieber
Rosario  Argentina