kill -9 firefox (Re: Performance of my computer)

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

On 31/10/2023 01:56, Van Snyder wrote:
> Firefox, in every version I've used so far, appears to have memory 
> leaks. If I kill it, not by clicking its little "X" or Alt-F4, but with 
> "kill -9", so that it reopens everything when I restart it, my memory 
> usage immediately drops by 75%. Then it creeps back up.

It may be leaks in JavaScript code running by particular web pages, not 
Firefox fault.

Firefox has the "restore previous session" feature. My expectation is 
that it should work more reliable than "kill -9". The latter may cause 
inconsistency in data saved to disk. I see nothing wrong with "close 
window" (Alt+F4). An alternative is "quit" that closes all windows at once.