{"id":35511,"date":"2021-11-03T15:45:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=35511"},"modified":"2021-11-03T15:45:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:45:03","slug":"firefox-94-0-unload-system-resource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/11\/firefox-94-0-unload-system-resource\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 94.0 Released with “Unload” option to Release System Resource"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mozilla Firefox web browser released version 94.0. Here’s what’s new.<\/p>\n

On the first launch of Firefox 94, a dialog will pop-up allows you to choose between color schemes. By clicking on “Explore colorways<\/b>“, it allows to choose between 6 color palettes with live preview. And each has ‘Soft’, ‘Balance’, and ‘Cold’ colors to choose from.<\/p>\n

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For those using Mesa driver >= 21, Firefox 94 now uses the Linux graphics stack EGL instead of GLX. This will increase WebGL performance and reduce resource consumption. Ubuntu 21.04 and Ubuntu 21.10 may have the benefit, though proprietary Nvidia driver is not supported at the moment.<\/p>\n

The new Firefox introduced a “about:unloads<\/b>” page, allows users to manually unload inactive tabs to release system resources. Though it can be disabled by settings “browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory” to false.<\/p>\n

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Firefox about:unloads page<\/p><\/div>\n

Other features in Firefox 94<\/a> include:<\/p>\n