Firefox 141 Beta Lowering RAM Use On Linux But Still Benchmarking Behind Chrome - Phoronix
Firefox 141 Beta Lowering RAM Use On Linux But Still Benchmarking Behind Chrome - Phoronix
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Also:
On Linux Firefox uses less memory and no longer requires a forced restart after an update has been applied by a package manager
Super minor QoL update but I am all here for it!!
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Was about to make the very same comment! That's awesome to me! So many times I've held an update to Firefox, while updating the rest of the system, just because I wasn't ready to restart my browser. This is great.
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It says package managers but I don't remember seeing any forced restarts with flatpak. I just now updated Firefox but it doesn't force anything. I just won't be using the new version before restarting it.
I don't remember it happening with system packages either on my system but it's been quite a while since I've updated that one.
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Well I'll take a working adblocker any day over a benchmark win.
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In sorry, a few benchmark points mean absolutely nothing with modern computers.
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This is a great thing, particularly when considering that many people also use low-end devices, in which there are limited amounts of RAM available.
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