I have 4GB of RAM and an Intel Celeron N4000. Chrome and Edge work decently, but they always freeze at the worst possible moments. Firefox, Brave?
Maybe something intended for weak hardware and older versions of Windows:
https://github.com/win32ss/supermium
A Linux install with something lightweight like XFCE for desktop environment would do better probably.
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Firefox is pretty much the gold standard. But, it likely won’t do terribly better.
Can you get another 4gb in there? Would help a ton.
Jo4ted@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Could try blocking js. Depending on user preference.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
I assumed Linux given the specs and that Chrome works at all.
Vote for firefox as you should be anyway. Another trick to try is an explicit tab unloader extension (for fine control of unloading) and/or the built in about:unloads .
All browser seem to accumulate memory (and cpu usage) over time, sometimes you just have to shut it down and restart. (AKA have you tried turning it off and on :)
OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Relevant: www.niemanlab.org/reading/the-49mb-web-page/