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I have had more stability problems with firefox/windows than firefox/linux. I can't remember the last time firefox/linux crashed. In windows, it crashes every
by runningdogx 17y ago
I have had more stability problems with firefox/windows than firefox/linux. I can't remember the last time firefox/linux crashed. In windows, it crashes every 4-7 days on average. Sometimes I'll wake up in the morning and the firefox/windows instance will have crashed overnight. My spidey sense says that a plugin is responsible. The skype plugin is notorious, but I don't have that one enabled.
I have most of the same extensions installed on both windows and linux, but plugins are a different matter. Windows apps tend to install plugins (wmv, acrobat, .NET, etc.) that I don't use. I've disabled most of them, but not all. In contrast, the only plugin I have in firefox/linux is flash.
Another thing I've noticed is that the js engine in firefox/windows appears to get wedged sometimes. The main symptom is that gmail loads in basic html mode. Restarting the browser fixes that.
There are some mysterious things that happen in firefox/linux, but they aren't as bad. After a long time (many days to weeks), I start to encounter frequent (~.02Hz) brief (sub-1s) freezes (most noticeable when typing into an input box like this). Restarting firefox/linux solves those.