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On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 01:38:42 -0400 Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> I'm running a Core2-duo desktop from 2008 with 3 gigs of ram. I want |
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> to run it into the ground, not throw it away while it's still |
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> functional. With Gentoo optimization, pluse using ICEWM, it's generally |
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> snappy. But there are a few web pages that throw the kitchen sink of |
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> 3rd-pary adservers+trackers. 178 unique servers for one web page will |
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> peg the load from the web browser to 150% of 1 cpu core. On a 2-core |
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> machine, that is bad. The browser is unresponsive for a few seconds at |
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> a time. |
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> I'm building up a rather large hosts file, but the adservers have a |
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> gazillion subnames for each domain, in a deliberate attempt to bypass |
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> hosts files. It would be more effective block entire domains. Is there |
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> a lightweight DNS server, or some iptables trick, or whatever, that'll |
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> block specified domains? |
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Use uBlock origin. Both firefox and chromium work perfectly fine |
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for me on a Core2Duo host. |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |
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