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ChuckMcM on Dec 21, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why are browsers so slow?

firefox 50.1 on Xubuntu - currently at 6GB of memory, when it gets above 12GB I euthanize it and restart it. About 36 open tabs.

AstralStorm on Dec 21, 2016 [–]

If you're using an integrated Intel GPU, immediately switch to modesetting X driver. Intel DDX leaks surfaces and that is attributed to process which allocated them.

Modesetting is faster too.

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