> After Firefox has been running for a few days my Debian 12.5 gets
> really slow. The mouse jerks when it works at all. It takes a minute or
> two for wndows to close or top. At the moment, Firefox has 19 processes
> running. Memory is half full, and swap is about 10% used. When I kill
> Firefox and restart, things go back to normal for a few hours.
>
> What alternatives that aren't such pigs do you recommend?
Possible alternatives that aren't too resource-intensive include Lynx,
Dillo, and Falkon. Each has limitations but might serve your purposes.
I you are using GNOME Desktop then I recommend epiphany. If you are using KDE then Falkon is a good choice.
epiphany-browser/stable 43.1-1 amd64
Intuitive GNOME web browser
falkon/stable 22.12.1-2 amd64
lightweight web browser based on Qt WebEngine
Best regards,
Greg Marks