[thelist] Firefox, CMS, and latency
Bob Meetin
bobm at dottedi.biz
Sun May 22 09:08:48 CDT 2011
On 05/21/2011 12:40 PM, Anthony Baratta wrote:
> Stupid question....How large is your browser cache? And which file system are you running under Linux? Have you fsck'd lately?
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> Anthony Baratta
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The only stupid question is the unasked question. Not being the techiest on the list, I ask.
I looked at FF preferences. I don't see a setting for browser cache size. Browsing history is set to 7 days. Ubuntu 10.04. FSCK - yes, in fact this seems to run weekly or so on its own. The laptop is about 5 months old. I had it installed dual boot as a travel/work PC. Linux in general is exceptionally fast, Windows 7, the clandestine OS, is slow by comparison. I also saw a similar problem on my desktop Ubuntu 9.0.4 PC. Build up over time.
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CC Cleaner - this will help someone else running windows --> thx.
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For GNU/Linux I recommend BleachBit as an alternative to proprietary :http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/
For what Bob needs (not just me), selecting only "vacuum" for Firefox should be sufficient. Note that if used carelessly, BleachBit *will* delete information one may well have wanted to keep. --> Thx. I will look into this.
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Firefox is somewhat famous for memory leaks. I use an extension to restart it every few hours. Extension just because it uses a shortcut.
The script tab in firebug is a bit if a hog. I keep it on but if you don't use it much, you should see a difference by turning it off. --> this sort of talks to what I'm seeing. so again I will need to monitor better.
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Bob
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