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Chrome, on my system, is even more abusive. Watch the size of the .config/google-chrome directory and you'll see that it grows to multi-GB in the profile file. There is a Linux utility that takes care of all browsers' abuse of your ssd called profile sync daemon, PSD. It's available in the debian repo or [1] for Ubuntu or [2] for source. It uses `overlay` filesystem to direct all writes to ram and only syncs back to…
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Samsung's low cost line is under warranty up to 40TB/year. Tests have shown that the actual drive lifetime is several times that. So basically, no, you don't have to worry about this. Essentially, people are complaining that the disks they bought are being used for their intended purpose: making sure your data doesn't disappear on a power loss.
Not everyone buys Samsung, there are a lot of cheap SSD's out there that are rated for only a handful of TB's a year. There is also a case of the silly SSHD's or w/e which combine a tiny SSD and a mechanical component which can die considerably faster. Overall the amount of writes an SSD can handle is tied directly to it's capacity since it determines the amount of average writes per a given time unit that each cell…
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Replace Browser Crash with: Accidentally pressing Ctrl-w And yes, there are browser crashes without Flash
Who really cares about restoring browser state? Maybe I lose part of an HN or Facebook post I'd been writing, but that's it. The feature should be opt-in, IMHO.
I stopped using Edge because it only saves your tab session if you turn off the PC, not if you quit the browser.
Mind you, for a while I ran Firefox using a RAMdisc for the profile simply because all that flushing makes a big negative impact on PC performance.
i'm not seeing these numbers, using I/O columns in Process Explorer. i'm running Nightly Portable with maybe 80 tabs open/restored.
i'm not seeing these numbers, using I/O columns in Process Explorer. i'm running Nightly Portable with maybe 80 tabs open/restored.
Even better just disable session restore entirely - Browser.sessionstore.enabled - Since Firefox 3.5 this preference is superseded with setting browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo and browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo to 0. As I understand this feature is there so if the browser crashes it can restore your windows and tabs - I don't remember having a browser crash on me since the demise of Flash.
> I don't remember having a browser crash on me since the demise of Flash. Just try browsing reddit with the RES extension or streaming heavy data for a few seconds (like a server side PDF processor that takes more than 30 seconds to finish, it's the same old behavior of blocking JS dialogs from years ago, white screen of death). When I'm using a iGPU (512MB) and I open some heavy images in sequence the browser crash…
Yeah that's the difference - I only use few well known extensions like uBlock Origin, Self Destructing Cookies, Lastpass and Decentraleyes. No trouble with any PDFs either. Anyway this is getting off track with the crashes or not - my point was even if it crashes it is no big deal if you can't restore - just reopen will work in most cases.
I seriously dislike Firefox, but must use it at work due to browser incompatibility issues with Chrome and sites I use heavily. Anything that makes the experience better is much appreciated.
Even better just disable session restore entirely - Browser.sessionstore.enabled - Since Firefox 3.5 this preference is superseded with setting browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo and browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo to 0. As I understand this feature is there so if the browser crashes it can restore your windows and tabs - I don't remember having a browser crash on me since the demise of Flash.
Replace Browser Crash with: Accidentally pressing Ctrl-w And yes, there are browser crashes without Flash