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RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components (www.windowslatest.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • Windows Latest discovered Discord and other Chromium and Electron-based applications with high RAM usage
  • RAM usage spikes from 1GB to 4GB on Discord both in and out of voice chat
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[–] 45 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I normally reply with a tux penguin but, is it really a Windows problem if the it's the apps that aren't optimized for shit?

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  • [–] 38 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Indeed, and Electron is not specific to Windows

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    Yep. My 64 gigs of RAM died in my old setup a few weeks ago, and instead of paying out the ass for replacement DDR4 RAM, I decided to pay out the ass for DDR5 RAM and upgrade while I was at it. Only did 32 gigs, because I really wasn't using most of my 64 gigs (I thought). A few days ago, I ended up having to set up a swap file because a Rust project I was working on kept crashing VSCode while it was running the analyzer. What are we doing here.

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  • [–] 25 points 11 months ago

    Windows itself is inherently unoptimized these days with its AI search powered start menu and settings pages that are actually electron web apps. Linux uses 3+ less gb of RAM on just desktop after I switched. So really it's a both problem. Both windows and the programs need a rethink

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