I think there is a way to disable all your plug in kinda like a "safe mode".  You might try that to see if it is a plug in. I have continued issues with the flash plugin in FF that I have not had time to resolve.  It causes slow page loads and sometimes hangs altogether.    ------------------------ Keith Smith On Thursday, October 24, 2013 6:42 AM, sean ritzler wrote: No, Firefox is not a victim of "bloatware." Your issue is obviously not normal behavior. I have seen Firefox start slowly when my DHCP server was handing out one good DNS server and one bad DNS server. Firefox hung for a bit while trying to communicate with the bad server. I was able to find the cause with strace - you should try the same, or tell us some actual specs/relevant output before talking about bloatware! :-) Sean On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:55 PM,  wrote: > Each time I start-up Firefox, it takes about 13 seconds for it to load. > > Chrome takes less than 2 seconds. > > Has Firefox become another victim of bloatware? > > I have done all of the about:config "fixes" that I can find, but FF is > still ridiculously slow. > > Is there something I'm missing that I can do to speed it up? > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------------- 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