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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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.
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.
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.
He is running Pop Os, they don’t use snaps natively.
Just checked, I’m using the deb package.
If you try to open FF using the terminal does it give you any error messages?
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
Try changing away from Ubuntu to something better, like Mint
Lmao isn’t Mint based on Ubuntu also? If you’re going to suggest switching distros entirely for slow loading on a single app might as well choose one that’s not derivative
or Arch
Well. Mint would be an easier transition for them
Pretty sure you have it as a snap package :-(
I only use native .deb and never a snap, for everything
I’m on PopOS, pretty sure it’s not snap!
Pop OS comes with snap preinstalled
Wrong.
Is Firefox installed as a snap package on PopOS? That could be it if that’s your only snap package. I’d recommend installing a Firefox fork that’s a regular deb package (Libre Wolf probably?) and seeing if that changes anything
Is it a snap? If it is try installing the Flatpak
Just checked, I’m using the deb package.
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.
Have tried the flatpak? Also try creating a new profile.
What is your disk performance?
Flatpak is much better, thank you for the suggestion.
