May 2, 2010 · General ·

This tutorial will explain how to fix Firefox slow problem in ubuntu 10.04(Lucid)

Open your Firefox and type about:config at URL address bar and hit enter. To make a False into True, select the line to change, and double click. On the 2nd option change, right click and select Modify

-- network.http.pipelining > Make it True

-- network.http.pipelining.maxrequests > Make it 8 or 10

-- network.http.proxy.pipelining > Make it True

-- network.dns.disableIPv6 > Make it True

I hope this helps for some users

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98 Comments to “How to fix Firefox slow problem in ubuntu 10.04(Lucid)”

  1. FreshUbuntuUser says:

    This method also worked perfectly for 10.10, also i love you <3

  2. johnrobert says:

    Dude, you’re a god. Thanks a lot. I was just about to go to Chrome, much as I love Firefox.

  3. Jimmypage57 says:

    Works great for me. Thanks a lot !

  4. michael says:

    That worked for me too, thanks!

  5. Steve says:

    Worked for me in 10.10. Thanks so much — you have no idea how frustrating it’s been until now!

  6. alex says:

    thank you maN!!
    it works 10.10 64b

  7. Norm says:

    That is a fantastic fix!! Glad you posted this. What I can’t understand is why these settings are not the defaults. Firefox on Windows does not have this problem. Seems like this needs to be changed in the Linux version.

  8. Apul Gupta says:

    Works like a charm. Thanks for help.

  9. RM says:

    Works very well in Maverick!!! thank you…

  10. Zainul says:

    Thanks a lot for providing this fix. It works!! : )

  11. liam says:

    Omgd tht was amazing lol but im so confused why this aint a default

  12. tom says:

    this worked for ubuntu 10.10 !

  13. S. Ukkel says:

    Thanks!

    I <3 U, man!

  14. Nicholas says:

    Fantastic, it now works. I have been using Chromium but i have missed firefox as its been boken for over a year. (10.04 and 10.10) Fix works a treat.

    Thank you

  15. RWDPLZ says:

    Fresh install of 10.10, Firefox is fast again! I can’t believe the defaults make it so slow! THANK YOU!!!

  16. XcableX says:

    THIS IS A HELL OF A FIX !

    Strugglin’ for months with this problem and it seemed to get slower from day to day. Till yesterday, when webbrowsing was totaly shutdown.

    Wasn’t able to identify the problem. Thought it was a networking problem in the wifi or something.

    Keep publishing fixes. Damn importend.

    Thank You!

  17. k0d3gear says:

    Man, you are a godsend! I can now download my podcasts in style. Works great on 9.10.

    Thanks!

  18. Matt says:

    Thanks, works great on 10.10

  19. Tarrasch says:

    This DOES work!

    For a while I thought:

    Firefox – find link in 1 sec, load page in 5 min
    Chrome – load page in 1 sec, find link in 5 min

    With this fix firefox has become the best again! Don’t switch to chrome (for speed reasons) before you’ve tried this!!!

    Thanks!!!!

  20. Vettera says:

    Amazing! Ubuntu browsing is alive on the WWW again! Ive been painfully suffering since moving to 10.04…

    Any similar fix for increasing download speeds using browser applications like DownLoaderHelper?

  21. Nicolai says:

    Great fix! Works here too!

    What does the http pipelining do though and why does turning it on fix the problem?

  22. UbuntuNewBee says:

    Yo…!
    Ubuntu-Geek…!!
    Yo IS DA MAN…!!!
    I luvs U 4-evva…!!!!
    So much, I gonna contribute U some $$$
    Keep up Yo great work, so us UbuntuNewBee’s can leave the “Micro$$$$oft Dark-Side” behind 4-evva
    😉

  23. Jsk says:

    Sick stuff! Thanks

  24. Bob in Edinburgh says:

    Vast improvement in speed with your fix. many thanks.

  25. Danny mcnamara says:

    You are the best this works in 11.0 too!

  26. keshavakumar says:

    Works on Ubuntu 11 .How did u know about this stuff ?? Do you work for Firefox or something like that ?? Anyways thanks a ton mate .It worked like a charm !!!!

  27. Hunter says:

    Worked amazing for me in Ubuntu 11.04, so glad I don’t have to ditch firefox. You are awesome.

  28. Andres says:

    Awesome. I really thank you. In Natty seems to work fine!

  29. Gebeleizis says:

    Worked for me in 10.10, too :). Great! Many, many thanks!

  30. dug says:

    Coolness. You da man (or woman). Thanks!

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