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[–] 28 points 4 months ago (9 children)

I switched my 32 GB desktop from Windows to Linux and, honestly, 32 GB is probably a waste for most users. I'm using 7/32 GB's and I'm actively:

  • Browsing the web (Firefox with 7 tabs open)
  • Messaging (Signal messenger desktop)
  • Editing an image (Gimp)
  • Editing a video (Kdenlive; and granted its a small project)
  • Email client running (Thunderbird)
  • Word processor (LibreOffice Writer, just noticed I have it running for no reason)
  • Listening to music (Gelly)
  • Bitwarden running in the background
  • VPN client
  • qBittorent with 3 active... Linux ISO's

I just launched Steam and RAM went up to 8 GB's, which is a fraction of what Windows uses while doing nothing. I can only see myself needing the extra overhead when running VM's which I don't see a lot of people wanting to do on a device aimed at gaming.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    This is similar to what I've experienced too but don't be surprised if someone tells you that it's impossible for windows to use less ram than Linux. There's one of those people in every thread.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

    Huh? He's literally saying Linux is using way less.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Which is what I'm agreeing with..?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)
     ❯ free -h
                   total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
    Mem:            62Gi        24Gi       4.6Gi       5.8Gi        37Gi        37Gi
    Swap:          8.0Gi       530Mi       7.5Gi
    
    

    no thx

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Without context that data means nothing.


    Here's my server (not my desktop) hosting just a few services:

    ~$ free -h
                   total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
    Mem:            31Gi       3.4Gi       1.7Gi       179Mi        26Gi        27Gi
    Swap:           34Gi          0B        34Gi
    
    • Jellyfin
    • homeassistant
    • jfa-go
    • traefik
    • glances
    • minecraft
    • nomadnet
    • rnsd
    • mumble
    • ersatztv
    • wireguard

    I am curious, what are you running that's using that much RAM?

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