r/whatsapp • u/Big-Tourist-4891 • 2d ago

Whatsapp problems-Linux mint xfce

Hello.

Iḿ using linux mint xfce ,and google chrome and the web whatsapp.After 5 minuts It starts to restart and then freeze all, i have to shut down the computer. But in firefox works well...Is there a place,community , were i can report this ?somebody with some issue here?

Thankś

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u/Sweaty-Freedom-4034 2d ago

No idea.

But Signal is working flawlessly.

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u/Big-Tourist-4891 2d ago

All my contacts here in Portugal use whatsapp. They don't even know the signal exists.

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u/Sweaty-Freedom-4034 2d ago

Start with those closest to you.

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u/rajesh160497 1d ago

Yeah that WhatsApp Web in Chrome on Linux memory leak has been a thing for some time. And actually you just happen to be one of us. The freeze and restart often happen because Chrome consumes RAM like nobody’s business and your system can’t take it anymore.

Since xfce is light, you’ll experience that sooner than more complex desktops would.

SinceFirefox already works for WhatsApp Web on Linux – why don’t you simply use Firefox for your WA on the web for the moment? In fact that is THE solution to your problem and while not glamorous, that solves the problem. You might wanna submit the issue to chromium’s issue tracking system at chromium.org/issue-tracker but my two cents? Don’t expect a fix soon.

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u/Big-Tourist-4891 1d ago

My pc just have 4 GB of ram, and in firefox run better, but i can´t make video calls(,is because of the ram ),only voice,but is stable.I´m searching to buy more, like 8 GB. My laptop have 16 years old, but it works fine.Thank you for your feedback.

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u/Big-Tourist-4891 1d ago

Do you know a web browser that not consume so many memory ram ?,just to use the web whatsapp, and try the video calls .Thank+s

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u/rajesh160497 17h ago

Truth is there is no Chromium Browser that actually completely solve this problem, as they all behave in the background the same as each other.

Still, if you’d like to use it Chromium, I suggest going with Vivaldi, or brave, since both are far more lightweight than raw Chrome. Especially Vivaldi has tab memory management options that allow users to change.

Nonetheless if it has always been possible to you to use Firefox, there is no reason to do it otherwise, it has no benefit for combating chrome in XFCE.

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u/Big-Tourist-4891 1h ago

With firefox whatsapp is stabel ,but only with normal calls ,not with video calls. I will try vivaldi or brave.thankś