[arch-general] Compiling Firefox

[Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.]

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan <lists at itech7.com>wrote:

> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.
> <jeffrey.parke at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan <lists at itech7.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Matthew Monaco <dgbaley27 at verizon.net>
> >> wrote:
> >> > On 05/30/2010 10:53 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> In order to improve firefox's reponse time, I'm thinking of compiling
> >> >> firefox with gcc's -O3 and -march settings from the ABS.
> >> >> Any tips on that matter, about updates, etc. ?
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Try firefox-pgo. You have to be careful with gcc options when
> compiling
> >> > firefox. The AUR's firefox-pgo sets up properly for you.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> It seems firefox-pgo is for 64bit, but I am on 32bit. I had put up a
> >> thread about upgrading to 64bit, but many suggested that it would not
> >> improve the performance much :(
> >> Should I compile after upgrading ?
> >>
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> >
> > it should be for both 32 and 64 bit
> >
>
>
> Hmm, I think so, the compilation should fail if not :)
> What's about firefox-qt ? Is it worth installing it ?
>
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> Nilesh Govindarajan
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>


that's a firefox port for the qt toolkit, as opposed to the regular gtk one.