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by no_gravity 2408 days ago
The main reason I often use Chromium instead of Firefox is that it starts up faster.

I even wrote a oneliner to see if it is just an illusion:

http://www.gibney.de/browser_startup_speed

As can be seen in the tests, it is mainly about the startup time after a reboot. Where Chromium is way faster.

Not sure what the reason. Maybe Chromium actively caches something right during the boot? Or maybe it uses less dependencies?

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How often do you realistically launch the browser? I do once per session and it's only closed to update, so I don't really care about this number. I'm sure most do similarly.