Linux firefox is slow

Do u guys have this problem.for me firefox 2 and 3 is very laggy and hangs at times when changing and making new tabs.Epiphany is fine jus firefox.

 

I used to have it but when ff3 got upgraded another package came with it and the lag disappeared... I'll try too look for the exact name.

 

How many tabs do you have open, and how much memory is firefox eating ?

 

I experience no lag in any version of FF.

Are you using the emerald windows decorator? If so, that's a known issue with emerald. When I had emerald on, FF was slow to switch tabs. The solution is to use another decorator than emerald.

 

No im not using emerald.I have about 5 to 10 open on average.Again as I said its only with firefox and not with other browsers but i dont want to use any other browser.

 

Try disabling IPV6 in Firefox

 

i ve tried that but no difference

 

I read on the ubuntu forums that it has something to do with xul... You could try purging it and reinstalling it...

 

I actually have this issue as well. Tab switching is very slow, and scrolling is laggy. I'm using Epiphany in FF's place for now.

 

I have FF3RC installed via apt-get, and have no problems....sometimes it does however get carried away with CPU usage per my karamba processes monitor I keep on the desktop...but it stays pretty fast.

 

The problem of laggy scrolling is often fixed by disabling smooth scrolling in preferences. Looks like I spoke too soon on that issue.

That said, Firefox still sucks on Linux.

 

yup, it runs much slower then it does in windows no matter what i do to it.

 

Firefox works well (read: fast) for me in Linux, XP and even OSX. The only issue I've ever had with FF has been in OSX - it won't allow me to copy and paste!

 

Same here....I'm using Kubuntu....Kubuntu runs faster than Ubuntu on my machine, which basically is contrary to popular belief