On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 14:18 +0100, yordy wrote: > firefox always keep freezes for various seconds when start for a first > time in every session, Amongst other reasons, here's *some* reasons why Firefox *may* take ages to start: * You have a homepage set, and Firefox is set to load it at start up, that takes ages to load or render. * You have a configuration preference set to check for updates to Firefox, and/or add-ons to Firefox, and/or search engine plug-ins. * You have RSS bookmarks, and it's checking them for updates. * You have a large cache, and it's checking through it. * You've updated Firefox, and it checks through the add-ons before starting, the first time after an update. As a first step, I'd go through your Firefox preferences, and make changes where it seems appropriate, thinking carefully about what you're doing. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.23.1-10.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.