[deleted] librewolf
Great standalone browser.
But it's built on an old (non-updated) Firefox carcass.
Once I figured out that I could do what the Librewolf folks (mostly about:config moves) do in the updated Solus-curated Firefox, I went back to updated Solus-curated Firefox.
If you want to skip mucking about the guts of about:config I don't blame you. Librewolf is a secure browser.
But there is a wicked satisfaction to disabling the whole creepy Pocket apparatus yourself
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My appimage wolf is 85 and my solus is 92(?) so maybe my appimage is old?
but the difference between 85 and 92 is about:config settings multiply like bunnies every new version..
I had no script.
Wolf, about.config, type Pocket. Tried replicate in Solus.
Also found this online so I did it:
extensions.pocket.enabled = false (DID ALL 3)
extensions.pocket.site = blank
extensions.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey = blank
extensions.pocket.api = blank
Disable 3rd party closed-source Pocket integration.
Note, this is browser.pocket.enabled for older versions of firefoxThat's about it. I became weirded out because your article reading is shared via pocket to 3rd parties. Plus their selections for me to read left me equally repulsed. That's what I came to believe anyway, so I stopped it from functioning and talking asfaik.
Just those two things.
I might have took a couple things from ghacks' famous security opus overkill called 'user.js' regarding pocket and transferring them to solus firefox (edit): but I did not document those 2-3.
Chrome is my favourite browser for PC and Soul Browser is my favourite browser for Android Phone.
It used to be Brave, but now I'm fully back on Firefox. Love the new re-design and ability to customize it.
Conifer I love Brave and use them both. Brave doesn't get the attention Vivaldi does but it's severely under-rated browser. It's a tight sharp ship. I'd say AS security conscious at FF--maybe more. It gets a bad rap because people parrot each other on it's bitcoin bent and ad replacement options but once you disable/decline that stuff it never pesters you again and reverts to a highly stable and unsung browser.
They all have their strengths & weakness but I abandoned a single browser maybe 7 months ago to simultaneously use 2-3 browsers to their full strengths so I get the best of all worlds depending on tasks.
Not sure I'd go back to a single browser again while computing.
Firefox ESR
elfprince No. With 3 browsers (4 today with two vivaldis) on at the same time at least 2 are minimized (not in use per se). Simultaneous in the sense I meant was using one then using the other, then later the other with apps being the gui's being minimized. So when app is minimized for a while in task bar maybe no drainage? Honestly don't know. I'm never doing anything band-width intensive, either.
It's funny you mention that. There's a post today about max (100%) memory usage and GPU so I looked at mine earlier (system settings). Even with 3 browsers open I never hit more than 25%.
Long story short 6 or so months into my multiple browser phase I've never had a slowdown or a freeze. Not even when running zoom on top of it.
I have to wonder elfprince , though, as a man of modest means who never owned more than 8GB of memory most of my adult life...when I bought some craigslist guy's used DIY rig and BEGGED him to keep the 8 stick in there...so I could use with my own 8. You think it's the 16Gb that is making the difference? Don't know.
brent Not sure I'd go back to a single browser again while computing.
A single browser suits me just fine, except for the media machine. My TV provider is fussy about the browser it will work with, but for other purposes I prefer the same browser I use on other computers.
It's wonderful that we have so many choices available. Everyone gets to use the browser (or browsers) that provides the most happiness.
elfprince I just counted, 26 tabs open, so not too bad. My "active" tab was Stadia, playing Destiny 2. No crashes or performance issues.
I use Firefox partially out of historical preference, and partly out of liking and supporting the idea of there is something not chromium based.
Conifer I'm fully back on Firefox
ahh... welcome back! 
elfprince I have 8G, and often see over 70% usage just with Firefox and Brave open, with over 30 tabs.
Delayed response is a common daily thing.
delayed response was my early Solus life with 4GB^^. It was normal daily to peg out at 99-100% to where you could barely move the mouse.
*and my life with wireless keyboards currently.
( I am 100% wired again and delay-free there). I digress.
with 8GB (I bought a used 4 to go with my 4) I never had 30 tabs open (20 max once maybe?) though but I could certainly finds ways to make it doggy, so if you aren't running heavy programs alongside the browers/tabs your theory (which I share) would seem to confirm 16 is the difference. I still find memory unaffordable and count my blessings the person would part with that 8 without raising the price of the rig.
brent it makes a big difference, the jump from 8-12 for my laptop definitely made noticable improvement. I normally have 20+ tabs, Spotify, and some office program running through.
Brucehankins 8 to 12 also noticeable? good to know. elfprince if you had an extra stick slot...but a quick search shows 4GB up to the $30 mark which seems way overpriced. Sigh.
brent your mobo is the real limiting factor. My laptop for instance, can only handle 12gb, so I'm maxed out. MB will also dictate the max speed you can use, and ideally you'd want to match kind for kind when adding or upgrading.
Your browser itself is also a huge factor, some are just more resource hungry to start, throw in some extensions, and before you know it you'll eat up tons of ram with only a few tabs open. I try to limit my use of extensions to only the absolute essentials. I've also got my browser in permanent battery saver mode when it's not on AC power.
