Firefox on Linux

Hey new users,

A small percentage of you are Firefox on Linux users and we have become aware of performance problems on this combination, although these are not exclusive to this site.

So I did some research on the subject and sure enough, found many articles on the issues of FF/Linux.  I will list a bunch that I found, but note the first one in particular.  It points out a FF network setting that may be the easiest way to see if you can get better performance.

http://www.hackosis.com/2007/11/10/firefox-slow-on-linux/

1. Type about:config in the address bar.
2. Type IPv6 in the filter box.
3. Double click network.dns.disableIPv6 to set the value to true

Additional articles/posts I found on the subject:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=612531

http://www.trap17.com/forums/slow-mystery-firefox-over-linux-t54889.html

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=252966

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/iwl3945-firefox-slow-to-load-but-quick-to-get-website..-653071/

http://www.g-loaded.eu/2008/05/12/how-to-disable-ipv6-in-fedora-and-centos/

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/223238

http://www.linux.com/feature/139212