Maybe I’ve installed too many plugins? I have close to 20.
Edit: It was just an issue on Arch Linux.
No, I am 40 plugins all active and they have not changed my browser load time almost at all.
Make sure there are no other issues. If you are on Arch Linux, there is a problem with xdg-desktop-portal-gnome that if installed will slowdown loading of many programs.
If you’re on ubuntu or any of it’s derivatives, Firefox is installed via snap by default. Snaps are late to start because of reasons beyond my understanding.
No, I am 40 plugins all active and they have not changed my browser load time almost at all.
Make sure there are no other issues. If you are on Arch Linux, there is a problem with xdg-desktop-portal-gnome that if installed will slowdown loading of many programs.
In my case,
xdg-desktop-portal-gnomeis required byxdg-desktop-portal, which in turn is required byflatpak. I wonder what effect will removing have on apps?It means Gnome is the only installed Portal protocol manager. Install one of these first, then remove the Gnome one https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Desktop_Portal#List_of_backends_and_interfaces
That was it thanks.
There are a few Firefox forks:
- LibreWolf
- Waterfox
- Arkenfox
And then there is Brave which I find smoother than Firefox, but that’s just me.
Yeah but by using brave you are contributing to the browser engine monopoly that chromium has created
I love LibreWolf. It’s a Firefox-based privacy browser. You could give Brow.sh a try. A truly remarkable experience :)
I can’t really leave Firefox but use some extensions to try to lighten the experience, like uBlock Origin configured for “hard mode,” TabStash with eager discarding turned on, and LocalCDN.
Web is not lightweight. I think Gemini could be better, but it’s far from popular. https://drewdevault.com/2020/03/18/Reckless-limitless-scope.html
If you’re on ubuntu, try starting it from terminal instead. If it starts immediately, then it’s a snap issue. Not sure if it’s already been addressed tho
