[arch-general] Compiling Firefox

[Nilesh Govindarajan]

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.
<jeffrey.parke at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>> >> Nilesh Govindarajan
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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 ?
>>
>> --
>> Nilesh Govindarajan
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>>
>
>
> that's a firefox port for the qt toolkit, as opposed to the regular gtk one.
>

I know that, but is it worth installing ?

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Nilesh Govindarajan
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