Here's what we get from top when firefox is fired up (with exact same url tabs):
Tasks: 199 total, 1 running, 198 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 11.1%us, 1.2%sy, 0.0%ni, 87.7%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Mem: 1529884k total, 1294900k used, 234984k free, 13072k buffers Swap: 1638624k total, 25872k used, 1612752k free, 546600k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 12198 me 20 0 596m 135m 30m S 19 9.1 0:16.52 firefox-bin 6273 me 20 0 1362m 122m 23m S 0 8.2 5:05.33 amarok 1505 me 20 0 265m 42m 9444 S 0 2.8 0:23.77 python 925 root 20 0 231m 41m 25m S 1 2.8 6:57.63 Xorg 1536 me 20 0 320m 40m 7424 S 0 2.7 2:57.19 compiz 6919 me 20 0 169m 31m 3476 S 0 2.1 2:17.04 amuled 6904 root 25 5 36488 28m 620 S 0 1.9 0:11.22 moblock 1551 me 20 0 280m 27m 9256 S 0 1.8 0:07.30 gnome-panel 1555 me 20 0 499m 21m 11m S 0 1.4 0:07.80 nautilus 11607 me 20 0 256m 21m 14m S 0 1.4 0:01.09 gedit 1711 me 20 0 252m 18m 8972 S 0 1.3 0:28.60 gnome-terminal 6283 me 20 0 422m 18m 11m S 0 1.2 0:02.36 kded4 6313 me 20 0 381m 16m 10m S 0 1.1 0:00.79 kglobalaccel 1671 me 20 0 225m 16m 5620 S 0 1.1 0:02.06 python 6326 me 20 0 378m 15m 9m S 0 1.1 0:01.02 knotify4 1841 me 20 0 99.6m 15m 2868 S 0 1.1 0:00.86 mutt 12152 me 20 0 174m 14m 6868 S 0 1.0 0:00.30 emacs --
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Here's what we get from top when firefox is fired up (with exact same url tabs):
Tasks: 199 total, 1 running, 198 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 11.1%us, 1.2%sy, 0.0%ni, 87.7%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 1529884k total, 1294900k used, 234984k free, 13072k buffers
Swap: 1638624k total, 25872k used, 1612752k free, 546600k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
12198 me 20 0 596m 135m 30m S 19 9.1 0:16.52 firefox-bin
6273 me 20 0 1362m 122m 23m S 0 8.2 5:05.33 amarok
1505 me 20 0 265m 42m 9444 S 0 2.8 0:23.77 python
925 root 20 0 231m 41m 25m S 1 2.8 6:57.63 Xorg
1536 me 20 0 320m 40m 7424 S 0 2.7 2:57.19 compiz
6919 me 20 0 169m 31m 3476 S 0 2.1 2:17.04 amuled
6904 root 25 5 36488 28m 620 S 0 1.9 0:11.22 moblock
1551 me 20 0 280m 27m 9256 S 0 1.8 0:07.30 gnome-panel
1555 me 20 0 499m 21m 11m S 0 1.4 0:07.80 nautilus
11607 me 20 0 256m 21m 14m S 0 1.4 0:01.09 gedit
1711 me 20 0 252m 18m 8972 S 0 1.3 0:28.60 gnome-terminal
6283 me 20 0 422m 18m 11m S 0 1.2 0:02.36 kded4
6313 me 20 0 381m 16m 10m S 0 1.1 0:00.79 kglobalaccel
1671 me 20 0 225m 16m 5620 S 0 1.1 0:02.06 python
6326 me 20 0 378m 15m 9m S 0 1.1 0:01.02 knotify4
1841 me 20 0 99.6m 15m 2868 S 0 1.1 0:00.86 mutt
12152 me 20 0 174m 14m 6868 S 0 1.0 0:00.30 emacs
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Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http:// fsf.org/ campaigns/ opendocument