Re: [PLUG] Waterfox runaway

[Wayne via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Install ublock-origin.


On 1/23/26 12:45 PM, jeffv via plug wrote:
> Xubuntu 16G
>
> Waterfox (latest) 10 tabs open-only 1 active (YouTube)
> Occasionally the YT tab will hit 300+ cpu. Cannot force it and doesn't happen reliably. All other tabs work except anything involving network.
>
> When I kill the process everything is normal and Waterfox offers to re-open the tab.
>
> Is this a common thing or do I need to go back to FF?
>
>
> P.S. Proton has a free VPN extension available for FF (and WF)
>
>
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