I went to the message you linked and then the site mentioned and downloaded a
large /etc/hosts file that seems to send most of what was eating up cpu &
memory to the bit bucket. Huge difference in FF response time, no hard drive
grinding. Top now shows around 10% cpu usage and 80% memory.
Thank
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On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 04:31:32PM -0800, cgi...@surfnaked.ca wrote:
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> The Internet is like a big city - there are lots of bright lights
> and excitement, but also dark alleys down which the unwary get
> mugged.
with the difference that on the
Quoting deloptes :
RRRoy BBBean wrote:
Now, I have to temporarily enable between 20 and 200 domains every time
I do anything. I can't imagine what the www will be like in another 10
years...
indeed it changed negatively in the past 10-15y. it is now virtually
impossible to find useful inform
On 11/7/17, RRRoy BBBean wrote:
>> It has problems, especially with scripts. There are apparently simple
>> pages which will eat a third of a CPU, continuously.
>
> In the past, I have foolishly let my computer sit overnight, with FF
> open to a site which (it turned out, on later examination) con
RRRoy BBBean wrote:
> Now, I have to temporarily enable between 20 and 200 domains every time
> I do anything. I can't imagine what the www will be like in another 10
> years...
indeed it changed negatively in the past 10-15y. it is now virtually
impossible to find useful information - only thing
> It has problems, especially with scripts. There are apparently simple
> pages which will eat a third of a CPU, continuously.
In the past, I have foolishly let my computer sit overnight, with FF
open to a site which (it turned out, on later examination) continuously
cycled video ads. I noticed th
On Tue 07 Nov 2017 at 08:34:44 (-0800), Mike McClain wrote:
> I run an older PC, Pentium3 w/ 512M memory which does everything I
> need but Iceweasel is killing me since the last couple of upgrades.
>
> It's become such a memory hog that it ties up the system for minutes
> at a time.
>
> How can
On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 08:34:44 -0800
Mike McClain wrote:
> I run an older PC, Pentium3 w/ 512M memory which does everything I
> need but Iceweasel is killing me since the last couple of upgrades.
>
> It's become such a memory hog that it ties up the system for minutes
> at a time.
>
It has proble
On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 08:34:44AM -0800, Mike McClain wrote:
> I run an older PC, Pentium3 w/ 512M memory which does everything I
> need but Iceweasel is killing me since the last couple of upgrades.
>
> It's become such a memory hog that it ties up the system for minutes
> at a time.
>
> How ca
I run an older PC, Pentium3 w/ 512M memory which does everything I
need but Iceweasel is killing me since the last couple of upgrades.
It's become such a memory hog that it ties up the system for minutes
at a time.
How can I backup to the version of a couple of months ago?
Thanks,
Mike McClain
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