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.
Just checked, I’m using the deb package.
Okay, well switching to flatpak solved it. Thanks!
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.
Snap is basically a docker container with some frills.
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.
Yup
Snap is preinstalled though. Maybe something happened that caused it to get installed
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.
Prove me wrong. Last time I checked it was installed
Use flatpak
Is it a snap? If it is try installing the Flatpak
Just checked, I’m using the deb package.
Have tried the flatpak? Also try creating a new profile.
What is your disk performance?
Flatpak is much better, thank you for the suggestion.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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)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.
dpkg -l | grep librewolf ii librewolf 128.0-1 all The Librewolf BrowserTry 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
Its Ubuntu with all the bloat stripped-out, which is why I recommend it
What do you think PopOS is
Some distro with less users than mint
True but it is also debloated
It can be. You can also use Mint Debian Edition, which is what I recommend for newer users.
or Arch
Well. Mint would be an easier transition for them
