Firefox is struggling on older systems, consuming significant CPU power. Consider switching back to Chromium.
Firefox is struggling on older systems, consuming significant CPU power. Consider switching back to Chromium.
While working on an old Asus A3H at college, I faced issues with FireFox. Web pages would load slowly, the CPU ran at full capacity, and frequent restarts were necessary because it was hindering performance. I switched to Chrome but remembered using Chromium on Linux. Installing it made a noticeable improvement—pages loaded faster, CPU usage stayed stable, and RAM consumption remained minimal compared to FireFox. In short, Chromium seems better suited for older systems like the Celeron M380. (I’ll verify this with my Dual Pentium III EB1000.)
Currently, with 12 tabs running across two windows and using just a couple of gigabytes of RAM, it’s showing as quite efficient given the laptop’s 2GB limit—especially since the chipset only supports up to 2GB.
I’ve moved to Chrome on both my primary machine (G3258) and my work computer (Pentium E5200). It’s running smoother than Firefox on either of them—about 1.5GB in speed.