On Sunday, February 13, 2022 02:58:46 PM Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Saturday 12 February 2022 09:21:00 am rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > The version of Firefox used in Jessie (and presumably later versions) > > creates (typically mutlitple) files named "Web Content". I don't know > > how Firefox decides what to put in each of those (e.g., content from how > > many tabs), but ... > > > > I keep top running in a VT and check it every once in a while, and when > > too much memory is used, I kill one or more of those files, usually the > > largest first. > > > > My tabs remain as tabs (with the associated URL), but the content is > > gone, but I can get it back by reloading the tab. > > Interesting! I see a few of files named "web" in the process table, > probably a slight version difference there. I'll have to keep that in mind > next time things reach that point. Right now each one is using 2-3% of > CPU and a nontrivial amount of space.
Just to make sure you spotted it, I mistakenly mentioned files but they are actually processes (as tomas pointed out). Still, I think you have the idea...n
