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Process Limit Option

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riqidelaplaya
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I set process limit to 1. Firefox runs 5+. Pray tell what does setting the process limit do exactly? Also Firefox says it sets the process limit automatically to optimize system specs. I've installed FF on machines with specs ranging from low budget build to godbox yet it always defaults to 4 processes. Then runs more. Is it all BS? Do tell please? (Searched Support for these topics. Gave up after 10 pages. Appologies if they're redundant)

I set process limit to 1. Firefox runs 5+. Pray tell what does setting the process limit do exactly? Also Firefox says it sets the process limit automatically to optimize system specs. I've installed FF on machines with specs ranging from low budget build to godbox yet it always defaults to 4 processes. Then runs more. Is it all BS? Do tell please? (Searched Support for these topics. Gave up after 10 pages. Appologies if they're redundant)
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TyDraniu
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riqidelaplaya said
I set process limit to 1. Firefox runs 5+.

You can limit only the number of content processes, so your math is OK. 1 main process, 1 content process, 1 addons, 1 GPU, 1 Network process, 1 data decoder, 1 preallocated and so on....