[CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl
Michael Hennebry
hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu
Mon Aug 5 22:51:13 UTC 2019
On Tue, 6 Aug 2019, Peter wrote:
> On 6/08/19 3:44 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
>> In any case, Centos 7 has not always been this slow.
>> Presumably something has changed.
>
> Websites have gotten more resource-intensive. You've run "yum updates" and
> now have a newer version of Firefox and/or Chrome. Your browsing habits have
> changed and you browse with more tabs open now.
More bloated browsers are not hard to believe in.
My habits haven't change much, though.
Mostly I use a browser for things I want
to read and things I want to download.
Maybe that is why I'd been getting along with 2GB.
> I have two suggestions for you:
>
> 1. Run a lightweight desktop such as XFCE instead of Gnome or KDE.
I'll try it.
> 2. Run out and buy more RAM. Max your system out at 4G or 8G or whatever it
> will take. You will need it and appreciate it.
Maybe.
I open the case with fear and trepidation.
The first time I opened a PC case,
I zapped my video card installing a disk drive.
Under the impressing that memory was the most ststic-sensitive
thing in a PC, I had a friend install the DDR2 memory I'd bought.
'Twas frightening to watch: like wathing The Cat in the Hat
play with one's grandmother's favorite china.
So far as I could tell, he totally ignored the
possbility that static could do bad things.
It worked and I did not have a heart attack.
Also, what is it with DDR2 prices?
When I bought DDR2,
DDR3 was the norm and I paid hundreds of dollars for DDR2.
Do not remember for how much.
Now I suspect DDR4 is the norm and am seeing 8GB of DDR2 for less than $30.
Huh? DDR3 isn't much more.
I'll need to do some digging to discover whether my box needs DDR2 or DDR3.DDR3
I doubt it's DDR4.
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