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    Flash was slowing down my compu !!

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by wearetheborg, May 10, 2008.

  1. wearetheborg

    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    I like to open 70-100 tabs open in firefox. Over the past few months I noticed that firefox was always taking up 30-50% cpu. Always. 24/7.
    I could not figure out what the problem was. So yesterday, I installed flashblock, and lo and behold, CPU consmption dropped to under 10%, memory usage also decreased by about 20%. So it was the flash !!
    I was not intentionally opening up flash widgets; but apparently websites like to use flash like crazy.
     
    wearetheborg, May 10, 2008
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    blackbird Notebook Deity

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    Yea flash is a real system hog, especially on linux systems. Thanks for mentioning the add on.

    The really need to improve the linux version of firefox, hopefully version 3 will be better.
     
    blackbird, May 10, 2008
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    Bog Losing it...

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    Aside from being demanding, flash rarely works out of the box; at least for the distros I've used. Its also difficult to get it working.
     
    Bog, May 10, 2008
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    slimtea Notebook Enthusiast

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    I also use NoScript for those annoying javascript pop-ups that firefox won't block even if configured to to so.
     
    slimtea, May 10, 2008
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