On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 02:33:25AM -0600, lee wrote: > > Hi, > > what's a good web browser that doesn't need so much memory? I have the > same group of tabs open in each browser to compare memory useage: > > > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND > lee 24253 3.0 3.7 138688 77252 tty1 Sl 01:14 0:06 iceape-bin > lee 24234 2.0 3.3 183252 69584 pts/4 Sl+ 01:11 0:07 > epiphany-browser > lee 24302 16.1 3.8 193536 80796 pts/6 Sl+ 01:21 0:04 > /usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin -a iceweasel
In Lenny, iceweasel wastes much less memory (after a while) than iceape. That is: it does not leak memory that badly. > > > For some reason, firefox always defaults to iceweasel (even when > started as /usr/bin/firefox). Iceweasel is Firefox[tm] with the [tm] part removed :-) The package firefox is: "Transition package for iceweasel rename" . -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
