[colug-432] 200 line kernel patch

Jonathan Hogue jon at hogue.org
Wed Dec 15 08:49:15 EST 2010


some plugins could cause this too.
On Dec 15, 2010 8:13 AM, "Bill Baker" <bill_chris at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I was wrong, there is no difference in CPU time between Vista-aero and
> the default theme.
>
> On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 01:26 -0500, Bill Baker wrote:
>> Yes, I'm using the Vista-aero theme. I also use no-script and there are
>> not always flash elements, except when there is a video. I tried
>> disabling the theme and even though it's still using a lot of CPU time
>> it seems a little bit faster now. I like the Vista-aero theme because
>> of the functionality it offers that you don't get with the default theme
>> (the "blue square" context search similar to IE8). I'd hate to not be
>> able to use a theme just because it takes up so much processing time.
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 13:18 -0500, Christopher Bumgarner wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Bill Baker
>> > <bill_chris at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> > I'm opening the entire RSS folder (25 tabs) for
>> > PoliticalWire.com. As I
>> > read each article, I close its tab.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Would you, by chance, have a theme installed in your Firefox? I have
>> > noticed that certain themes will cause Firefox to hog CPU. If so, try
>> > switching back to the default theme and see if the problem persists.
>> >
>> > If you are using the default theme, then there may be a flash element
>> > or something on each page that is causing the high CPU. There are
>> > add-ons that can block flash. I use no-script. It's a pain to use but
>> > it's effective.
>> >
>> > Chris
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