On 12/12/2018 11.36, Liam Proven wrote:
On 11/12/2018 21:13, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Certainly, but why?
Because it only has 4 GB of RAM. That's not really enough for a general-purpose desktop computer these days, IMHO. It's definitely not enough for heavy use of *both* Chrome *and* Firefox. In fact I would go so far as to say it's not enough for heavy use of Chrome on its own.
No, that does not explain it. Yesterday I used it with even more programs and nothing happened, the machine was very responsive. There was 0.9 GB in swap. I have used that machine and others with same RAM with 2.5 GB of swap, no issues. My desktop machine has now 4.3 GB in swap, and it feels happy (although it has 8 GB ram). Remember, the crash happens when I'm sleeping and the machine is doing nothing. Programs remain opened, but not actively doing anything. No, this is a peculiar situation that is not explained that easily.
Stick to Firefox only -- it's a bit more memory-efficient.
I don't like Chrome, I use firefox for my browsing. But I *must* use chrome to watch Amazon Prime Video and cast it to a Chromecast device, that doesn't work on firefox AFAIK. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)