I wrote an article about Google Chrome. In it, I shared a way to discard unused tabs automatically. This saves both RAM and, I guess, a little bit of power. I did not concentrate on any power savings, 'cause I dunno how much it'd save.
Anyhow, Google liked this idea so much that they made it a built in feature. This is not (yet) a feature in Chromium, but it is a feature in Chrome. It might even confuse people who don't know the feature was added, as it's enabled by default. Google now puts idle/unused tabs to sleep. You can, of course, create a list of tabs to keep open all the time.
So, this small change meant I'd need to update the previous article. It was more information than a simple update would cover. This is why it's an article in and of itself.
I believe a couple of other Chromium-based browsers can do the same - like the energy savings from Opera? I think I saw it in another browser, maybe Yandex? I don't recall at the moment.
Anyhow, there's the day's article. I put it in this sub because it's not just Linux that has this feature (I'm assuming). Right now, I just use the extension - as it's consistent across browsers. I suspect the next time I do a clean install I'll just let Google handle it for me and manually add sites.
Oh, and feedback is just alright by me.
Anyhow, Google liked this idea so much that they made it a built in feature. This is not (yet) a feature in Chromium, but it is a feature in Chrome. It might even confuse people who don't know the feature was added, as it's enabled by default. Google now puts idle/unused tabs to sleep. You can, of course, create a list of tabs to keep open all the time.
So, this small change meant I'd need to update the previous article. It was more information than a simple update would cover. This is why it's an article in and of itself.
How To: Make Google Chrome Use Less RAM (UPDATED) • Linux Tips
Today's article is going to be a brief article about a previous article, where I gave you one way to make Google Chrome use less RAM.
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I believe a couple of other Chromium-based browsers can do the same - like the energy savings from Opera? I think I saw it in another browser, maybe Yandex? I don't recall at the moment.
Anyhow, there's the day's article. I put it in this sub because it's not just Linux that has this feature (I'm assuming). Right now, I just use the extension - as it's consistent across browsers. I suspect the next time I do a clean install I'll just let Google handle it for me and manually add sites.
Oh, and feedback is just alright by me.