On 9/5/21 3:33 am, deloptes wrote:
Dan Ritter wrote:It is also the case that fans are cheap. Replacing one for $10-20 is generally good for another 5-10 years.But the question is why it runs > 100% - the fan is not that important in the case. It could be replaced with not so loud one, but the CPU will still run at 100+ % when firefox is running. I changed the title to make it more explanatory
I think this goes to an issue, over which, I tend to get into heated arguments, including with my wife, who is a software developer, who develops web sites that I believe to be responsible.
In the original post, from memory, was stated that it happened with some web sites, and, not with others, and, this involves an issue of system load, due to particular web sites.
I think this goes to the issue of client side processing, as opposed to server side processing ( I believe, and, argue, that all processing involved with web sites, should be server side, if the web sites are competently and benignly written, and that client side processing, is malignant), and I suggest that it could be worth viewing the source code of the web site(s) responsible for the problem.
I sometimes encounter web sites that are so badly and heavily client side weighted, that it can take five to ten minutes, to get a response from a key press, in a form, and, other web sites whizz through stuff, on the same computer, in the same web browser.
So, I tend to have more than one web browser running at the same time, with firefox script enabled, and, the other(s) script disabled.. On my other system, I have firefox running, script enabled, and, Seamonkey running, script disabled.
Another issue, depending upon the nature of the web site(s) with which you have a problem, could be in the use of plugins in firefox - some particularly malicious web sites put up quite aggressive fights against ad blocking and tracking blocking plugins, and try to burn out computers of users who object to ads and being tracked and who object to websites trying to steal the users' identities and personal information.
So, if you can find a trusted web site, I suggest temporarily disabling all plugins, and, monitoring the effect, if any, on your system load - I would not do this, with the web site(s) responsible for this problem - I think the system load problem, could be your computer defending itself against an attack.
I also wonder whether you notice any unexpected massive data traffic.I have, from time to time, noticed unexpected sustained downloads, using up tens of gigabytes of my quota.
Unfortunately, insofar as I am aware, Linux does not have any packages that indicate what websites are responsible for Internet traffic; if I notice sustained downloading of over half a megabyte per second, all that I can do, is turn off the networking, for a couple of hours, and, check to see whether it resumes the unsolicited traffic.
-- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) ..............