I'm almost sorry to ask this, but does anyone have experience with Firefox on Linux taking a long time to open? I'm running Pop!_OS on a fairly modern machine. All other programs open pretty quickly, but Firefox seems to drag its feet on startup. Once it's open it's great, no problems with speed.
I have tried disabling extensions (ublock origin, sponsorblock, decentraleyes, i still don't care about cookies) and I have tried setting my default profile as one without any custom user.js (I have a profile with Arkenfox and one with Betterfox's user.js). Nothing I have done so far has seemed to make any difference, but Help->Troubleshoot Mode allows Firefox to open quickly, so there must be something that I can disable that is causing the issue... Any ideas? Thanks.
Edit: Seems like swapping to the flatpak version made things much faster. The Pop!_OS .deb version must be snap like you all said :) Thanks everyone!
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julianh@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 2y
Do you know if its installed through snap? I've heard that can have issues starting up quickly. You can try the flatpak or the deb package.
SentientFishbowl@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
Just checked, I'm using the deb package.
SentientFishbowl@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Okay, well switching to flatpak solved it. Thanks!
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
If OP is on Ubuntu, it's a snap.
I personally don't have any issues launching Firefox, which is installed as a regular app and not a snap/flatpak. It's basically instant for me, maybe 2-3s if I have a ton of tabs or something. I haven't tried the flatpak, but I'd be surprised if it adds more than a second or so, because other flatpak apps launch reasonably fast.
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I've always wondered why snap is so slow, I feel like launching a docker container with firefox in it would still be faster than snap.
ikidd@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Snap is basically a docker container with some frills.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y
Is it a snap? If it is try installing the Flatpak
SentientFishbowl@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Just checked, I'm using the deb package.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y
Have tried the flatpak? Also try creating a new profile.
What is your disk performance?
SentientFishbowl@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Flatpak is much better, thank you for the suggestion.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y
That's strange
My guess it that there is something in your profile. However, Flatpak is more secure anyway so you might as well stick to it.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
If you're on Ubuntu or one of its derivatives (Pop!_OS is an Ubuntu derivative), it's probably a snap. I don't know about Pop!_OS specifically, but I know Ubuntu ships snaps through debs.
dr_jekell@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
If you try to open FF using the terminal does it give you any error messages?
SentientFishbowl@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Good suggestion. What does this mean? [Parent 4226, Unnamed thread 762a7e8fd280] WARNING: Failed to set scheduler settings: Operation not permitted: 'glib warning', file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:187
(firefox:4226): GLib-CRITICAL **: 20:17:36.507: Failed to set scheduler settings: Operation not permitted
dr_jekell@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
From the what I have read it seems like this is a Gnome error causing problems for software.
You might be able to get better feedback if you post in one of the Linux specific communities.
Coelacanthus@lemmy.kde.social · 1 pts · 2y
That may be because the hostname can't be resolved.
https://forum.suse.org.cn/t/topic/12280 (Chinese)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1296836 (upstream report)
Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
I have the exact same issue on PopOS but with Librewolf but not with Brave, so it's related to the engine. Moreover, this bug is funny because I don't know why, but it's related to me being in the exact place. I don't have the same issue when I'm at my family home, but when I'm somewhere other, the issue occurs. It loads about 10 - 15 second. I still haven't figured it out, though. Pacstall also lags when I'm updating.
delirious_owl@discuss.online · -6 pts · 2y
Try changing away from Ubuntu to something better, like Mint
altima_neo@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y
or Arch
delirious_owl@discuss.online · 2 pts · 2y
Well. Mint would be an easier transition for them