Re: Is Firefox/Iceweasel leaking?

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 07 May 2010 19:58:26 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:

> I noticed on many computers with Debian, whatever the kernel (2.6.xx, xx
>>= 26), that, once ``too much'' tabs have been opened, Firefox/Iceweasel
> becomes sluggish, slower and slower, and often stalls after some time. I
> also noticed that, when becoming more and more sluggish, it takes more
> and more RAM, even when all the pages are completely loaded. Why? Am I
> the only person who's experiencing this? Is there an objective
> explanation to this?

He... did you never search in Google for "Firefox memory hog"? O:-)

There's even a Mozilla KB explaining the issue:

Reducing memory usage - Firefox
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Memory_Leak

Also, never versions (>3.5.x) provide /a bit/ better memory management.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón