> Of course, you can manually download Firefox from the official Website and use it on a older system. It will probably work for a few years until Firefox needs a lib which the old Version does not have. > > But using the version of Firefox from Debian is much more comfortable, as it simply just works :) > > Cant you just upgrade the RAM? My Intel Atom N550 netbook supports 2GB - unfortunately the maximum by this processor. As others already said, > the main problem is the Browser itself. I discovered my Firefox needs 1,4GB for just an empty page (and some plugins like Adblock and NoScript) after startup. So with the rest of the system needing <= 512MB, 2GB still works as minimum requirement. >
I don't think I could upgrade any hardware for now. As you posted, it looks like Firefox is eating too much. It is weird that Firefox does that for a blank webpage. On my PC with 4 GB of RAM, Firefox only eats 250 MB for a new tab, or at least its what the Task Manager says. Maybe the problem is with the plugins or something else.
