Firefox does consume more memory compared to other web browsers such as Opera. However, it never consumes more than 250-something MB on any of my systems, be it the Windows or Linux version. And that is after hours of heavy use.
General troubleshooting method would be to disable all Firefox extensions (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions), use the default skin (Tools > Add-ons > Themes) then see how much it takes up your RAM with such basic setup. If it turns out that it takes far less memory than before, you can tell for sure that the memory leak is caused by one of the add-ons or the skin you use.
Firefox uses a ton of RAM/Memory
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garda
Re: Firefox uses a ton of RAM/Memory
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kindofabuzz
Re: Firefox uses a ton of RAM/Memory
I recommend visiting http://forums.mozillazine.org which is the Firefox forums. tons of help there and a great community to solve your problems. your best be would to be try a new profile, in terminal type, firefox -P and that will bring up the Firefox profile manager. Create a new one and see if your problem still exists. Of course none of your tweaks and addons will be in the new profile but visit those forums to get help on transferring settings and stuff.
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alun_sundry
Re: Firefox uses a ton of RAM/Memory
Do you know about Swiftfox? An adaptation of Firefox with different versions for different - even quite old - processors. I've just started using it to beef up a 1.3 ghz/ 512 mb machine and am pleased with the difference. The download is a deb file so it's no bother at all and all Firefox settings incl Bookmarks are automatically carried into it.