Hey everyone, I just watched a PewDiePie video and noticed how fast he was able to get Firefox to open. Does anyone know what tricks he might be using to achieve that? Any tips or methods would be greatly appreciated!
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I think he’s caching it in memory, but he never confirmed it. I guess Linux tends to do that since opening a second window seems almost instant.
Not sure how he does it, but the Arch Wiki has a ton of great advice on optimizing Firefox performance. Here’s a link to the tweaks page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox/Tweaks.
I'll check that out, thanks!
It sounds like he might be using something like Pyprland with exec-once to start a hidden Firefox window during login. Then he can reveal it using a keyboard shortcut. Check out this GitHub link for more details: https://github.com/hyprland-community/pyprland. Another option could be some tweaks mentioned in the Arch Wiki, which you might find helpful!
I'll definitely give that a try!
I heard he just preloads Firefox at startup and puts it into hibernate, which can make it open instantly when you need it.
Thanks for the tip!
If you just open it, close it, and then open it again, it shows up instantly, so that could be part of it too!
Yeah, I noticed that too. Thanks for responding!
That makes sense; I noticed the same thing.