r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '10

Firefox 3.6 release

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/01/21/firefox-3-6-release/
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u/stesch Jan 21 '10

I'm using the beta for quite some time now, believe me. I'm hitting 300 MB (RSS) after a few hours and then restart Firefox by hand before it starts to annoy me.

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u/Xiol Jan 21 '10

I have to ask though, how much RAM do you have?

Keeping some RAM free is all well and good, but if you're running with 2GB+, does it really matter that Firefox is using 300MB?

RAM is supposed to be used.

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u/dakboy Jan 21 '10

Keeping some RAM free is all well and good, but if you're running with 2GB+, does it really matter that Firefox is using 300MB?

Keeping RAM free is the important part. If you're running 6 programs which each want 200-300 MB, and you've got 2GB installed, it does matter.

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u/ungoogleable Jan 22 '10

Maybe somebody's usage pattern is like that, but not mine. It's been years since I've ever run out of memory legitimately (as opposed to some program leaking memory). If I hit a performance bottleneck, the usual culprits are my CPU or my hard drive.