Firefox Pegging CPU cycles in SLED

Some users of SLED 11 SP1 have complained about Firefox consuming an inordinate amount of RAM.

From URL bar of Firefox, type about:config

1. Change 'browser.cache.memory.enable' from true to false
2. Add ‘browser.cache.memory.capacity’ as an integer, and set it to 4096.
3. Close and restart Firefox.

I have not tested the above on other distros so your mileage may vary.

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