Memory is higher than Opera
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The other day I posted that I am back from a several month trial of Opera. Of the five computers in the house 3 use Vivaldi and the other two gave a try a try. Years ago OP was my go-to browser.
Got tired of the stupid codec issues with OP and came back to Vivaldi. But I noticed that Vivaldi uses more memory. On my notebook memory use is important. So I did an experiment:
Load one tab on OP and same one tab on Vivaldi, same site. Close browser and reboot.
Reboot and open only one browser - reboot and open the other browser
Open terminal and type free -- OP - 677,036 memory used
- Vivaldi 844,056 memory used
Is there something I can do about the larger used memory in Vivaldi.
Originally it came to be noticed when I was scrolling through Facebook. Vivaldi started to stop scrolling, jittery scrolling. Tried the same scroll in OP and didn't get the same stop scroll, jittery.
It must be a setting in Vivaldi. I've changed no flags on the notebook install.
I'm using Mint 19.3 Same extensions installed on both.
Help is appreciated.
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@Urdrwho10
Hi, Vivaldi UI is on top of Chromium base, Opera change only the Chromium skin.
Therefor Opera starts faster and use less memory, I fear.
This is the price for the highly configurable UI of Vivaldi.
You can check Vivaldi/Opera task manager (Shift+Esc) if one extension use more memory on Vivaldi but I guess it is not.
150 KB should not be a problem, even on older systems with 4GB or so.
It fits 8 times on a 5 1/4" disk from 1984.
Scrolling is maybe a GPU acceleration problem, try to switch it off.
Cheers, mib
EDIT: I just test it on my Windows 10 system and there is the opposite, Vivaldi use less memory than Opera. No idea why but I guess drawing UI is very different on Windows. -
While snooping this morning I found a note that said turning off acceleration is helpful. I turned it off and it did help. Your info backed up the note and thank you.
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Hi,
If you are on a Dual GPU System, you could try this.
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Follow the Signature's Backup | Reset link.
Take the opportunity to start a Backup plan and even create a Template Profile.
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