Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2

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On a technical note, I noticed my resource usage on LL 2.0 was about 2X what Jerry had posted for LL 2.2 which I know was out of whack with what I have seen in the past.

You might be seeing a total useage that includes things that are cached in the memory for later re-use.  Try running following command before starting up any programs (do this 10-15 seconds after machine is up and running):

Code:

free -h

Copy the output and paste it into your text editor just so you have a copy to compare to.  Then open a browser and go to a few websites.  Close browser.  Open LibreOffice, then close it.  Then type command again and compare output to your first one.

What you'll notice is that the amount of usage shown under the "Used" and "Free" columns differs for the two lines "Mem" and "-/+ buffers/cache".  The amount under "Used" for the "Mem" line includes anything cached to memory as well as current memory being used.  The amount shown on second line filters out things that are just cached and waiting to be re-used.  Eg.  Browser or LibreOffice will likely start up much quicker on second attempt because a portion of program is cached in memory waiting to be re-used.  Your first output will probably not show much difference between those two lines.  Your second output will show much greater difference because programs have been started and part of them remain in cache until needed again or replaced when the memory space is needed for something else.



@ elliot, eightbit and anyone else interested:

Re: Google, privacy, general erosion of rights -- following tech security conference video is along lines of what I'm talking about.  A real eye opener for anyone not overly familiar with the pervasiveness of the data collection.  Be forewarned, this is a loooong video (approx. 2.5 hrs.), but worth viewing if you have time.  (The speaker in the video does contract work for gov't., so he tends to downplay potential danger of info in gov't's hands and the extend of sharing of corporate data collected with gov't.  But basics of presentation are good and will probably shock anyone with just a main stream media attained perspective of the situation.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNZrq2iK87k

Some other links regarding issue in general and some specific examples of ways data is already being used for more than people probably bargained for:

http://archive.wired.com/politics/securi...6/05/70886

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_...g_business

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-01...-about-you

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-05...rveillance

http://ericpetersautos.com/2013/08/15/a-...-the-road/

http://www.storyleak.com/biometric-class...ersations/

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/pe...other-uses