On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 10:48 AM Arnt Karlsen <arnt@???> wrote:
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> On Tue, 31 May 2022 09:18:43 -0500, o1bigtenor wrote in message
> <CAPpdf58vkcoGSeXXjVC8DwEZNBM-AnOYMY-WA=-jQt3nj=TD8g@???>:
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> > On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 8:46 AM Steve Litt
> > <slitt@???> wrote:
> > >
> > > o1bigtenor via Dng said on Mon, 30 May 2022 17:03:56 -0500
> > >
> > > >Greetings
> > > >
> > > >I am investing in a new system.
> > > >(Ryzen 7 5800X + Ryzen 570 gpu)
> > >
> > > You're going to be very, very pleased with your finished product. 16
> > > high speed threads can tame the toughest online video chat or
> > > javascript-encumbered website.
> >
> > I am finding that web browsers are quite greedy when its comes to
> > system resources - - - especially the cpu but so far it seems like the
> > most I'm seeing is maybe 2 cores in use rarely more.
>
> ..starve them! No web browser deserve more than 2 to 4 cpu threads
> or more than 4GB of ram. I watch youtube videos on Google's chromium
> web browser at nice -n 17 at 1920x1200@60Hz on my 2 Dell Precision
> M4400 (8GB ram, one has an Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 @ 2.80GHz and the
> other a T9400 @ 2.53GHz cpu, both has NVIDIA's G96GLM [Quadro FX 770M]
> running the nouveau driver. (I usually prefer youtube at 1280x800,
> less stutter in rain, wireless ISP.)

Like that idea - - - but - - - how?

(Are there any other ramifications to doing this?)
>
> ..ok, 4K video games etc might need more, just keep them in qemu etc
> vms, no need to let any of that crap crash your hardware. RT, nice
> etc is there to help you kill the crap you keep in virtual machines.
>
> > Between most software not using more than a few cores and cost
> > was what decided me on this particular proc.
> > None of the more core procs run at 3.8 GHz base (I think there is
> > a bump up available too on the chosen model) so until a lot of
> > programs make use of multi-core I thought it not worth going for
> > more cores.
>
> ..I'd lean towards more cores rather than higher speeds, you can much
> more easily throw things into vms and let them chew thru with a dozen
> cpu treads, with 2, virtualization approaches virtual uselessness. ;o)
>

I got badly burned (imo anyway) digging into containers (LXD) a while ago
now and am quite cured of any curiosity in that regard at present. So
at present
virtualization and I are not really on speaking terms (nevermind actually
running some kind of containerization).

Looking forward to finding out how to starve browsers from devouring
all system resources!!!

TIA