Re: Chromium on Pi2

druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:

On 10/07/2025 00:02, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

The odd thing is that I ran Firefox on x86 with 512MB RAM a
couple of years ago and it wasn't nearly as bad.

 
Have a look at the size of the executable "then" (which is more likely
to be 20 to 25 years ago)

No it really was only two or maybe three years ago and Firefox
wasn't that much bigger then.

and now, and you'll see why a 512M Zero 2 doesn't stand a chance.

The Executable still fits easily in 512MB RAM, for some reason it
tries to allocate lots more RAM after starting and displaying the
browser window (which seems to work fine for a few seconds before
it stalls).

It seems the RAM usage increased when they started using multiple
processes:

https://erahm.org/2016/02/11/memory-usage-of-firefox-with-e10s-enabled/

Maybe on the single-core x86 PC it creates fewer processes and
therefore uses less RAM than the quad-core Pi Zero 2? The methods
of turning off Firefox's multi-process mode don't seem to work
anymore. That also shows how the 64bit builds use significantly
more RAM, which will hurt the 64bit RPi Zero 2 but not the 32bit
RPi 2.

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