Firefox Running Slow in Linux

[paul s]

this seems to help if you haven't already...

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Reduce the amount of RAM Firefox uses for it’s cache feature

Try this:

1) Type “about:config” (no quotes) in the address bar in the browser.
2) Find “browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers”
3) Set it’s value to “0“;(Zero)

Increase the Speed in Which Firefox loads pages

1) Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit Enter. (Normally the 
browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable 
pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page 
loading.)

2) Alter the entries as follows:
Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 10.

This means it will make 10 requests at once.

3) Lastly, right-click anywhere and select New->Integer. Name it 
“nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0“;.(Zero)

This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on 
information it receives. If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll 
load pages faster now.

Optionally (for even faster web browsing) here are some more options for 
your about:config (you might have to create some of these entries by 
Right Click –> New– >Interger or String

“network.dns.disableIPv6”: set “false”
“content.notify.backoffcount”: set “5”; (Five)
“ui.submenuDelay”: set “0”; (Zero)


Reduce RAM usage to 10mb when Firefox is minimized

This little hack will drop Firefox’s RAM usage down to 10 Mb when minimized:

1) Open Firefox and go to the Address Bar. Type in about:config and then 
press Enter.
2) Right Click in the page and select New -> Boolean.
3) In the box that pops up enter “config.trim_on_minimize”. Press Enter.
4) Now select True and then press Enter.
5) Restart Firefox.

These simple tweaks will make your web browsing with Mozilla Firefox at 
least twice as fast and it's a pretty simple thing anybody can do.

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On 02/02/2009 03:02 PM, Marc Ferguson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I know I'll probably get hazed by this already saturated question, but I 
> haven't found any solid answers to my issue from the archives.  I'm 
> running Fedora 10 x86_64 and loving the "adventure" of running an 64 bit 
> system.  I'm also running Firefox 3.0.x (x86_64), but I've noticed that 
> it's not very smooth compared to it running on a Windows machine and I'm 
> little confused why.
> 
> It's more the scroll bar than anything else.  It's something small, but 
> it's ruining the surfing experience and I'm a little embarrassed to let 
> other people use it on my desktop.  I don't want to give Linux a bad 
> name and these folks are primarily Windows/MAC users.  So; their 
> experience with using Firefox on my system is a tainted one.
> 
> I've tried running Swiftfox, but I haven't gotten it to load (that's 
> another issue) so I'm kind of stuck with Firefox.
> 
> -- 
> Marc F.
> 
> www.fergytech.com <http://www.fergytech.com>
> Registered Linux User: #410978
> 
> "When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!" -Marc F.
>