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rhodges:

--- Quote from: JeremyC on October 15, 2023, 12:15:22 am ---
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on October 14, 2023, 08:18:41 pm ---Use Linux. :-DD

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It's not OS issue. Using Linux will not resolve OP's problem... he must disable auto updates...

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Please state how a user software without root authorization can write (replace) system software. This is software that is NOT writable by any random user.

I use FreeBSD, and nothing changes until I ask for an upgrade. Then I see the list and I choose whether I want to upgrade or not. The last two times, the answer was NO.

coromonadalix:
the json  method is known for a long time ...

use firemin to drop memory leak / consumption

in some case, many website(s) now can detect the adblocks  etc ....     there's some docs about this

yes  older fire#$%$  are less bloathed,  the esr version can help,  but some websites still push the latest web browsers, and some esr are sometime blocked

every firefox core based variants
every chrome based variants
opera maxthon
ur

some very good now "old" pluggins who never got converted to the new standards are lost  etc ...

and the list goes on and on, a never ending battle that i'm tired to fight

tom66:
With DDR3/4 being cheap again, I solved the memory leak problems of my various use cases by just throwing more memory at the problem.  My desktop system has 64GB and my laptop has 32GB (upgraded from 16GB stock).  A 4GB system in 2023 is rare, so I can imagine the Firefox chaps are not all that concerned with optimising for that use case.  They probably suggest a minimum 8GB nowadays.

thm_w:

--- Quote from: tom66 on October 16, 2023, 08:55:12 am ---With DDR3/4 being cheap again, I solved the memory leak problems of my various use cases by just throwing more memory at the problem.  My desktop system has 64GB and my laptop has 32GB (upgraded from 16GB stock).  A 4GB system in 2023 is rare, so I can imagine the Firefox chaps are not all that concerned with optimising for that use case.  They probably suggest a minimum 8GB nowadays.

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Firefox doesn't really give a good recommendation, but recommended RAM for windows 10 is 8GB. You can get a 16GB SODIMM for <$30.

Using a 4GB system is straight up masochism.

BrianHG:

--- Quote from: thm_w on October 16, 2023, 10:01:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: tom66 on October 16, 2023, 08:55:12 am ---With DDR3/4 being cheap again, I solved the memory leak problems of my various use cases by just throwing more memory at the problem.  My desktop system has 64GB and my laptop has 32GB (upgraded from 16GB stock).  A 4GB system in 2023 is rare, so I can imagine the Firefox chaps are not all that concerned with optimising for that use case.  They probably suggest a minimum 8GB nowadays.

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Firefox doesn't really give a good recommendation, but recommended RAM for windows 10 is 8GB. You can get a 16GB SODIMM for <$30.

Using a 4GB system is straight up masochism.

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Ok everyone, understand carefully.

One of my main laptop systems has 4gb running win7.  I use it for my older Protel 99se projects, Quartus compiling, music editing, web browsing which consists of mainly Digikey, datasheets, youtube viewing and other sound/video playback.  Until the newer Firefox accidentally got in, it has been in use for 6 years now an has crashed once in those 6 years.  It would be a waste of my time just to see if I can add ram or change the HD to an SSD as I know it will open up a can of worms where I have had a near 6 year run of perfect function.

Just buying a new laptop, having to setup windows the way I like, installing all my software and license files and getting everything functional is a slow month long ordeal.  I don't have the time or patience to go through this.  locking down firefox so I don't accidentally upgrade it once again is the best solution.

(I mean, will Protel99se even install and network license on Win10)

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