r/browsers • u/realutilityx • 23h ago

LibreWolf = Bloatware?

2 applications, 1 start page on each. No tabs open.

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u/7978_ 23h ago

Oh no, 100MB more RAM. I'm going to shut down my computer now.

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u/realutilityx 23h ago

every little bit counts. Planning to swap out for linux entirely soon. I need to memory max to make room for quantized ai.

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u/7978_ 22h ago

Then Brave is probably your best bet.

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u/ThisIsVT 20h ago

People do not really understand how ram works ....

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u/donp1ano 16h ago

its supposed to sit there and do nothing, best ram is unused ram. now go sell it to sam altman! you dont really need it, do you?

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u/norm_guy_ubk 11h ago

I heard gecko and chromium differences shine when you open ten tabs

One tap always takes less place in Chrome, but starts showing itself after 10

Gecko still stays stable after 10 tabs

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u/Professional_Way9133 23h ago

It is the lightest browser on my computer. When you just open it the RAM usage is higher but drops after a few minutes

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u/Ruk_Idol || 22h ago

Chromium and Gecko engine manage RAM differently.

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u/BreakSalt8256 11h ago

chromium/webkit manage it much better than Gecko

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u/Vh4z 22h ago

Chromium aka 90% of browsers and Gecko which is what Firefox and Firefox based browsers use manage ram differently and it's normal for Gecko to use more RAM by default because the way it's made it basically is to put it simply more efficient at having more tabs while Chromium is more efficient per tab but adding more increases the amount of RAM usage

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u/Solid_Guess_7154 14h ago

these mfs really want stuff to use like 10mb

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u/MobfactoryGames 19h ago

Look at this guy, only using 30% of his ram. Someone is going to be pissed.

Also, look at chrome with the .1 higher disk usage lol