On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 7:37 PM Van Snyder wrote:
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> On Wed, 2024-12-11 at 23:01 +0200, Henrik Ahlgren wrote:
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> On Thu, 2024-12-12 at 04:33 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
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> On 12/12/24 04:08, Van Snyder wrote:
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> What alternatives that aren't such pigs do you recommend?
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> You conspicuously omit your hardware specifications; what CPU, how many
> RAMs and how big is your swap partition?
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> Also, what kind of web pages are you browsing, Van, and are you using a
> proper plugin such as uBO to filter ads and other junk that can use an
> incredible amount of resources? Ad-blockers can really help with lower
> end machines.
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> Yes, I was suspecting ads and other crud being run by firefox. Some web pages 
> slow things down far more than others.
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> I didn't know of uBO. Is it the best ad blocker?

It's the best one I've found.  Then again, I quit looking after using
uBlock Origin for a short time :)

> How do I install it?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

Regards
Lee

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