Brave keeps crashing every few minutes

First, it doesn’t look like you’re fully updated. You’re running 20250601.

The newest is 20250703:
New Slowroll update 20250703T1336 released!

Be sure and use zypper dup as root in a terminal to update your system. You can also use Myrlyn which has a GUI. Go to the updates tab and select Dist-upgrade then apply. I’m on my phone but I think that’s how it’s worded. You’ll see it.

As for Brave, there’s more than one GPU cache folder. I forget their names but I had to delete more than one to fix it.

I got tired of dealing with it so I switched to Vivaldi and haven’t had a GPU cache problem since. Vivaldi is quite a bit different but it’s really nice.

I use a 4K monitor with scaling and charged the fonts for the bookmark bar to semi-bold. That made them thicker and darker without being too thick like regular bold fonts.

It’ll take you a little while to figure out everything in Vivaldi if you go that route, but it’s not difficult, just different.

This is how Slowroll works. It only shows the date of the “big” update. The maintenance updates are not shown in os-release or system information. So the system is up to date.

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Maybe not yet …

See the two links below … Vivaldi is Chromium based and uses GPUCache functionality… there are many issue postings - this is just one example

Issue:
A Reddit post about having an issue with the GPUCache corruption with Vivaldi - this is on Ubuntu (not openSUSE!). Read the first Reply!!

https://www.reddit.com/r/vivaldibrowser/comments/1akh5bb/just_vivaldi_has_broken/

Vivaldi article detailing it is Chromium based.

Since GPUCache is a popular topic in this thread, I thought I’d toss in the list of GPUCache entries for my main user account (on my laptop, one of a few machines around here).

Yes, most are browsers (Chrome, Brave, Chromium, Edge, Vivaldi), but notice there are some non-browser apps too.

The browsers that have GPUCache down in the “./.var …” path - those are Flatpak-packaged browser installs.

After my personal list, I pasted in a Table, listing Chromium-based browsers and non-Chromium based (probably not a comprehensive list).

user@mach:~> find . -type d -name GPUCache  -ls
  drwx------ ./.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser-Beta/Default/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.config/google-chrome/Default/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.config/google-chrome-beta/Default/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.config/google-chrome-beta/Default/Storage/ext/..../def/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.config/google-chrome-unstable/Default/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.config/google-chrome-unstable/Default/Storage/ext/..../def/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.config/chromium/Default/GPUCache
... non-browser apps
  drwx------ ./.local/share/openSUSE/org.opensuse.opensuse_welcome/QtWebEngine/Default/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.local/share/konqueror/QtWebEngine/Default/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.local/share/digikam/QtWebEngine/Default/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.local/share/kontact/QtWebEngine/Default/GPUCache
...
  drwx------ ./.var/app/com.google.Chrome/config/google-chrome/Default/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.var/app/com.google.Chrome/config/google-chrome/Default/Storage/ext/..../def/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.var/app/com.microsoft.Edge/config/microsoft-edge/Default/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.var/app/com.microsoft.Edge/config/microsoft-edge/Default/Storage/ext/..../def/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.var/app/com.vivaldi.Vivaldi/config/vivaldi/Default/Storage/ext/..../def/GPUCache
  drwx------ ./.var/app/com.vivaldi.Vivaldi/config/vivaldi/Default/GPUCache
user@mach:~>

Browser Details: Chromium vs Non-Chromium

Here’s a list of some of the top browsers available and whether or not they are chromium based:

Browser Name Chromium-Based Notes
Google Chrome Yes Most popular globally
Microsoft Edge Yes Default on Windows, gaining popularity
Firefox No Strong focus on privacy, open-source
Safari No Apple devices only, known for speed
Opera Yes Built-in VPN, unique features
Brave Yes Privacy-focused, ad-blocking
Vivaldi Yes Highly customizable
UC Browser Yes Popular in Asia, data saving features
Samsung Internet Yes Default on Samsung devices
QQ Browser Yes Popular in China
Yandex Browser Yes Popular in Russia, integrated with Yandex services
Maxthon Browser Yes Cloud features, dual-core rendering
360 Secure Browser Yes Chinese browser, security focus
Chromium Yes Open-source base for many browsers
Epic Privacy Browser Yes Privacy-focused, blocks trackers
Slimjet Yes Fast, based on Blink engine
Torch Browser Yes Media downloading features
Comodo IceDragon No Security focus, based on Firefox
Waterfox No 64-bit Firefox fork
Pale Moon No Firefox fork, customizable
Basilisk No XUL-based browser
SeaMonkey No All-in-one internet suite
Falkon No Lightweight, based on QtWebEngine
Midori No Lightweight, fast
GNOME Web No Default browser for GNOME desktop
Konqueror No KDE desktop browser
Lynx No Text-based browser
w3m No Text-based browser
ELinks No Text-based browser
Avast Secure Browser Yes Security focus, built-in VPN
AVG Secure Browser Yes Security focus, similar to Avast
Opera GX Yes Gaming-focused, resource control features
Vivaldi Snapshot Yes Beta version of Vivaldi
Brave Nightly Yes Development version of Brave
Edge Dev Yes Development version of Edge
Chrome Canary Yes Experimental version of Chrome
Firefox Nightly No Development version of Firefox
Firefox Developer Edition No For web developers
Tor Browser No Anonymity and privacy focus, based on Firefox
Puffin Browser Yes Cloud-based rendering, fast on mobile
Dolphin Browser Yes Gesture-based navigation, flash support
Ghostery Browser Yes Privacy focus, anti-tracking
Aloha Browser Yes Built-in VPN, media player
Brave Beta Yes Beta version of Brave
Edge Beta Yes Beta version of Edge
Yandex Beta Yes Beta version of Yandex Browser
Opera Beta Yes Beta version of Opera
Vivaldi Stable Yes Stable release channel of Vivaldi
Brave Stable Yes Stable release channel of Brave
Edge Stable Yes Stable release channel of Edge
Chrome Stable Yes Stable release channel of Chrome
Firefox Stable No Stable release channel of Firefox