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On Linux, Chrome is very memory-hungry. I'm using 1.2gb for 20 tabs on a fresh startup/tab restore, and it sometimes leaks like crazy, using as much as 2gb in a
by Zak 16y ago
On Linux, Chrome is very memory-hungry. I'm using 1.2gb for 20 tabs on a fresh startup/tab restore, and it sometimes leaks like crazy, using as much as 2gb in a single process. The leaks seem slightly mitigated in the 7.x betas, but static usage is exceptionally high.
- dflock 16y agoYeah, this. I'm a web developer and a heavy Chromium user and I caught myself pondering a memory upgrade for my 8Gb desktop the other day, just for Chromium.
- dflock 16y agoObviously this is just an examples of _the_ classical trade off, but still...
- jlees 16y agoThis is something we're actively working on, you'll be glad to hear. After all, if we're launching an OS that's Chrome-on-Linux with huge memory leaks, we're screwed. ;)