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 Subject: Firefox is a resource hog....

 What? WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME???!!!!   :-D

 [ just to be clear, that ^^^ was a joke. ]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 01:07:51AM -0400, Randy Cole wrote:
> When I have a number of tabs open, firefox runs slowly & uses lots of
> memory.  And when you close tabs, it doesn't seem to release the
> memory.  What can I do about this?

Hi Randy, other things you could try if you haven't yet:

   #1 - using htop, top, or ps make sure all firefox processes
        are dead.

   #2 - upgrade to a later version?

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>Q: Are you sure?
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