Slow Firefox on ubuntu

first of all gives as information about your OS. Which release?Hardware specs etc...

It might be worth adding the "Adblock Plus" plugin. Inside firefox go up to the menu's at the top of the page and click on

Tools - Add-ons - Get Add-ons

and use the search tool there to find and install "Adblock Plus". You might be better off installing a lighter-weight we-browser such as SeaMonkey, Galeon, Opera, BonEcho.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

OS is ubuntu 8.04 hardy ver. DSL 1 mega ram 1.25GB

I made a little terminal tool that i call mb_ubuntu_optimizer you can download it via torrent:
from my link http://www.elart.it/torrents/mb_ubuntu_optimizer-0.9.torrent
once it is downloaded please stop Transmission or your .torrent client then make it executable open a terminal from Applications → Accessories → Terminal:
and type:

cd <put_here_your_downloaded_location_of_mb_ubuntu_optimizer-0.9>

chmod 700 ./mb_ubuntu_optimizer-0.93

Maximize your terminal window or you will get a warning; then run it, type:
./mb_ubuntu_optimizer-0.93

1) launched without parameter it do an automatic Firefox optimization: ./mb_ubuntu_optimizer-0.93
2) launched with '?' parameter give you an usage help: ./mb_ubuntu_optimizer-0.93 ?
3) launched with 'all' parameter it perform a check of your system and give you some hints: ./mb_ubuntu_optimizer-0.93 all
4) launched with 'clean' parameter give you tip and info about kernel and command to remove unused: ./mb_ubuntu_optimizer-0.93 clean

Reference page for this tools for automatic Firefox optimization http://www.elart.it/mozilla/speedup.php
and for Ubuntu tips (italian language) http://www.elart.it/kubuntu/ottimizzare.php

i can helps you

Hope this helps

Hi :)

Have you been able to try the new Ubuntu 10.04 before it gets officially released?
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/testing/lucid/beta2
Trying it as a LiveCd or as an extra dual/multi-boot would be ideal. Developers and everyone are keen to try to iron out any problems before 10.04 gets officially released so you might find faster & more effective answers to your bug reports which would make 10.04 work better on your system for you

Thanks and regards from
Tom :)

Hello,

I do not know if it can help but I as I was experiencing some slowness with Firefox, I've edited my /etc/hosts file and I commented the line with the machine name.
After that I disconnect/reconnect the network and Firefox works fine now.

The host file was containing the two lines
....
localhost 127.0.0.1
mymachine 127.0.1.1 <---- I've put a '#' in front of this line
....

Hope it will help you.

Majukarma