Re: Memory leak

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 18:06:52 +0000
piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> wrote:

> On 11/02/2022 17:01, Celejar wrote:
> > So I've heard. So is this something I just have to live with? Does
> > everyone have this problem? I actually did used to kill firefox when I
> > was experiencing memory pressure - it certainly relieved the immediate
> > problem, but I think I found that not all the memory used was returned,
> > and when I restarted firefox, the problem of running out of memory
> > often returned before long (i.e., in much less time than after a fresh
> > install).
> 
> Yes that's typical for today's browsers. I never close browsers/reboot
> my home-work computer, right now I have 2 days uptime and 17 GB memory
> allocated between my normal day to day tools.
> 
> 
> Go to Firefox Settings / Performance
> Untick Recommended settings and change Content process limit to 1. Like
> in the screenshot.
> That will decrease memory usage.

Thanks - I'll look into this.

Celejar