06-12-2020, 10:57 AM
I'm currently supporting 3 machines with only 2GB of RAM (all 3 with intel integrated video, 2 now on LL 5.0 and 1 still on LL 3.8 ) and haven't really seen any problems with Firefox, though I admit I don't try and stress Firefox on those machines (rarely more than 4-5 tabs). I will however suggest that one thing I've seen make a difference in browser behaviour generally - regardless of available RAM - is adblocking because so many websites now run tarpits full of ad related Javascript on every page.
On low memory/slow CPU systems you probably don't want to run browser plug-ins though as they will consume resources despite saving them, so external solutions such as the adblocking facilities available on some 3rd party router firmware (notably OpenWrt and Gargoyle) and packages such as Pi-hole are likely to be more fruitful if you can use them.
On low memory/slow CPU systems you probably don't want to run browser plug-ins though as they will consume resources despite saving them, so external solutions such as the adblocking facilities available on some 3rd party router firmware (notably OpenWrt and Gargoyle) and packages such as Pi-hole are likely to be more fruitful if you can use them.