[PLUG] Thunderbird running continuously??

[Kevin Scaldeferri]

On Jan 4, 2007, at 7:32 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> I've got a Gentoo Linux system, and I just noticed that Thunderbird  
> appears to be using the processor to some extent continuously -- if  
> you run "top", Thunderbird sits at the top of the list much more  
> than I'd expect when it's sitting idle and minimized. Being a  
> performance engineer, running "top" is somewhat instinctive, so I'm  
> of the opinion that this is something that came in when the latest  
> release (version 2 beta 1) got installed. Has anyone else seen this?
>

I don't run Thunderbird, but what you describe is typical of my  
Firefox experience.  5-10% CPU usage, even when idle and minimized.


-kevin