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AlbertoSalviaNovella

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Registered: 2026-10-01

Posts: 6

Consider Falkon

When I boot into Q4OS Trinity, I'm recommended to install Chrome to have modern web support.

Just wanted to let you know that Falkon supports the same, just with half the RAM.

So maybe it is a better default, at least to the lighter Trinity desktop.

Cheers!

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Taige

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Registered: 2025-08-19

Posts: 94

Re: Consider Falkon

Firefox is another good alternative along with Falkon, although the latter I think might be the right choice for older computers.

AlbertoSalviaNovella

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Registered: 2026-10-01

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Re: Consider Falkon

My tests show that Falkon works without swapping with 4GB of RAM, Firefox with 6GB.

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seb3773

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Registered: 2023-11-01

Posts: 285

Re: Consider Falkon

Falkon seems faster/less ressource hungry than firefox. I'm questionning about website compatibility, I've seen some sites in the past that can't be rendered properly in falkon, maybe it's not the case now ? I'm curious about comparing it to thorium (chromium on steroids, very very optimized).

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AlbertoSalviaNovella

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Re: Consider Falkon

I didn't see any flaw with Falkon.

If you want to properly test how much RAM a web browser really needs, just boot a virtual machine with that amount of RAM.

If you open a few YouTube tabs, and you see on the system monitor that swap is kicking in with no so trivial amounts, it means the amount of RAM isn't enough.

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