Can I throttle Liferea?

Question

After I log in, my laptop takes a really long time to load. Watching top, it seems like one thing that is using a ton of juice is Liferea. I do want it to sync my feeds, but I'm wondering if there's a good way to throttle it so that it doesn't use more memory than I have to spare.

Answer 1

If the problem primarily happens during login, one option is to delay Liferea until the rest of the login processes have quieted down:

• How can I reduce the time taken to login by postponing/delaying some startup applications?

If the problem is solely due to CPU usage, consider running Lifearea under cpulimit:

• Can I limit the CPU usage of a single application?

Answer 2

It would be better to start liferea manually, instead of starting it with the system, that way it won't put a drag on the system.

You can also set Liferea to only load feeds manually as opposed to automatically updating (in the preferences).