| Hiku said: Regarding Chrome creating processes for each tab, would Firefox be a better alternative in that regard? |
Firefox doesn't currently create a new process for each tab, but that supposed to change 'some time' in the future. So you can evade the process problem for now by using Firefox, but it's not a long-term solution if you want to update your browser (and you should, always, for security purposes). That said, I've had Firefox running on some weaker computers and it seems to be doing just fine, so maybe it'll work anyway. I'm having some occassional freezes and there's a gigantic memory leak that happens on Twitch, but overall it's been fine for me.
If you need a really lightweight solution, Midori ought to be one. There's also some browsers based on Firefox that should be more lightweight than Firefox itself.
For performance, I suggest installing an adblocker (preferably uBlock Origin (which is different from just uBlock), because it's supposedly pretty lightweight compared to e.g. Adblock Plus) for whatever browser you end up choosing. I think it's supposed to help because your browser won't have to load ads anymore. Also make Flash etc. click-to-play, it's helped me a lot and my PC is relatively powerful so the effect should be noticeable.
