Michael Torres last wrote: > I have discovered that there is a fire fox process that sometimes > fails to stop when the program is closed. Just kill it. Thanks Michael!!! That was a very helpful suggestion. I did use 'xkill' to kill it and that did seem to solve the problem ... or at least tremendously improve performance. Joe ---------- > On Jul 5, 2014 8:31 AM, wrote: > >> Why does firefox take 50% of my system's memory >> when it is not even running? --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss