[arch-general] Compiling Firefox

[Nilesh Govindarajan]

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> On 31/05/10 13:23, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
>>
>> 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 ?
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 ?
>>>>
>>> that's a firefox port for the qt toolkit, as opposed to the regular gtk
>>> one.
>>>
>>
>> I know that, but is it worth installing ?
>>
>
> Surely you can decide yourself.
>
>
>


I heard that firefox-qt is still under heavy development and is not
much good. I am on a slow connection, so would like a feedback if
someone is already using it.

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