my friend of mine found out that Firefox can run faster if it's database is purged of empty entries. Firefox database is using SQLite to manage its database
you'll need: 1)SQLite >=3.0 you can check your version by typing in CLI ``` sqlite3 (exit typing .exit)
if you don't have it you can obtain it here: [http://www.sqlite.org/](http://www.sqlite.org/) or with ```
sudo apt-get install sqlite32)you'll need this script:
#!/bin/bash
username=$(whoami)
proc="$(ps aux | grep $username | grep -v $0 | grep firefox | grep -v grep)"
if [ "$proc" != "" ]
then
echo "shutdown firefox first!"
exit 1
fi
curdir=$(pwd)
for dir in $(cat ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini | grep Path= | sed -e 's/Path=//')
do
cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/$dir 2>/dev/null
if [ $? == 0 ]
then
echo "i'm in $(pwd)"
echo -e " running...\n"
for F in $(find . -type f -name '*.sqlite' -print)
do
sqlite3 $F "VACUUM;"
done
echo -e "done in $(pwd) ...\n"
else
echo -e "\n !!!! Nisam uspio uci u direktorij $dir, preskacem ga !!!!\n"
fi
done
echo "Job finished";
cd $curdiruse gedit (or any other text editor) to paste text in it,then save it in your home folder. Open your home folder, right-click on it, select properties. Then select Permissions tab and check the "Allow executing file as program" click Close.
Then close Firefox and run your script from terminal using ./name_of_script
when script done it's work start Firefox and you should feel the difference!;)