copy/paste problem

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, 16 Nov 2019 at 00:14, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> Aha - I didn't realize that Nemo tried to manage the desktop, if it
> does so on a default install. Maybe that's why I had problems. Also,
> around the time, I was having trouble with upgrades. Maybe that was
> part of the problem.

It doesn't by default, no. Not if installed on another desktop; it's
the default on Cinnamon.

But most installtion guides tell you to set this, I guess because
having a different file manager pop up when you click a desktop icon
is confusing.

> Might this also be a problem with my installed KDE and/or other stuff?

I *really* doubt it.

> How can I determine if Nemo is managing my desktop?

If you're not running Unity or GNOME 3, I don't think it even _can_.
If you didn't set it, it isn't.

> Okay. Makes sense, but didn't realize it was a cumulative percentage.

How else could they display it?


> If I add up all the %s, Webkit seems to be using almost all of ALL the
> CPUs. Yech!!

That is Chrome's explicit design. Use all available CPU to deliver the
fastest possible experience.

Think of ChromeOS: if you use mainly Google tools, the web is all you
need. Their email, address book, calendar, productivity suite, chat
app, videoconf app, phone calling app, are all Web 2 apps. I.e. web
pages.

This is how Google has done an end-run around Windows (biggest app
selection in the world), Apple (closed ecosystem but high-quality apps
on desktop and on mobile), the many Linux distros (free apps for
everything, often a dozen of them, often of poor quality.)

With Google, all you need is a modern browser. It doesn't matter what
OS you run: Google's apps work. No installation, no packaging formats,
no compatibility worries, no updates, no licensing, nothing. Connect
and run.

And if you don't have a modern enough computer, they'll sell you one:
a nice super-cheap low-end laptop designed to do only 1 thing but do
it well: run a super-lightweight, cut-down, free OS with a single app
-- a modern browser.

Bypassing the entire battlefield of OSes, desktops, package formats,
programming languages, everything, even CPU families. All instantly
becomes academic. All you need is an internet connection and a
browser.

> Looks like Vivaldi and Brave are both chrome-based.

Yep.

> As a test, I closed
> all the tabs and windows in both of these, but the number of WebKit
> entries or the CPU usage in HTOP did not change at all! Would WebKit
> keep these processes running even if I closed these?

Depends on the browser. Recent versions of Chrome spawn a background
process that stays open. It's usually visible as an icon in your
system tray/notification area/whatever.

> > Firefox maxes out at 4 processes.
>
> Interesting. In the past I tried to run lots of Firefox instances, but
> when there were more than about four or so windows open I ran into LOTS
> of problems - wouldn't keep working.

Don't. 1 instance, and ideally, 1 window.

Multiple windows works fine, but if you close them all and the app,
when you reopen it, you will either get a mixture of all your tabs
from all your windows, or only the last window closed, and it's not
ideal. So don't.

Use Tree Style Tabs if you need multiple groups of multiple tabs.

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