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Lucky? All of my computers can launch Firefox within seconds, not minutes. That includes one from more than a decade ago. Have you installed Firefox on a spinni
by soraminazuki 4y ago
Lucky? All of my computers can launch Firefox within seconds, not minutes. That includes one from more than a decade ago. Have you installed Firefox on a spinning hard drive instead of an SSD?
- JohnFen 4y agoI say you're lucky because I'm jealous. I wish FF worked as well for me. It used to, but something changed a couple of years back that broke it. It's true that I don't use SSDs. It's also true that no other app (including other browsers) takes such an absurdly long time to start up, so I don't think the lack of an SSD is the issue. Or, if it is, that means there's a larger problem with Firefox. You shouldn't have to run special hardware to run a browser.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoAre you running Ubuntu with snaps? That will sap performance as will spinning rust.
- JohnFen 4y agoNo, I'm running Debian without snaps or flatpacks.
- joveian 4y agoDoes it happen with a new profile? Sounds like it could be an addon issue. 30 seconds to start Firefox would be expected on a spinning drive but 2 minutes is quite a long time.
- JohnFen 4y agoYes, it happens with a fresh install, no addons, etc. I assume there's something else going on that's unique to me, but common to all of my machines. Maybe I'm running some oddball service that FF hates or something. I don't know. I gave up on this problem a year or so ago, honestly, so I'm not fresh on the circumstances around it.