[NBLUG/talk] [WLUG] Firefox seems to eat up memory

Jack Smith jack.delbert at gmail.com
Tue Jul 10 07:48:53 PDT 2007


On 7/10/07, J. Bruce Fields <bfields at fieldses.org> wrote:
> It would probably be better to reply to all, in case somebody else has
> the same question.
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 10:36:22AM -0400, Jack Smith wrote:
> > On 7/10/07, J. Bruce Fields <bfields at fieldses.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> What plugins/extensions do you have installed?
> >>
> >> --b.
> >>
> >
> > I don't know, for certain.  (Things could have accumulated over the
> > years.)  If I search Package Manager on Firefox I find Adobe Flash
> > player.
>
> That seems to be a common culprit.  I don't install it, and normally
> keep Firefox running for days or weeks without noticing problems.
>
> --b.
>

I put Flash in to look at all the YouTube things people keep telling
me about.  :-)  Anything else do that job better?
Jack
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