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4gb is fine if you run a lighter DE. I program go/python/c++ directly on a Jetson Nano w/ vim and firefox and haven't had any huge issues
by NikolaeVarius 6y ago
4gb is fine if you run a lighter DE. I program go/python/c++ directly on a Jetson Nano w/ vim and firefox and haven't had any huge issues
- gspr 6y agoWhile I'm not one of those people who work in the browser (bleurgh!), I find that it's a much bigger resource hog than my DM. My KDE desktop takes around half a gig, but it's Firefox that used to bring my old 4GB laptop to its knees.
- zozbot234 6y agoOTOH a touchscreen-enabled device is exactly where a heavier DE might make some sense. GNOME3 is still only borderline-usable on 2GB of RAM (though you can obviously work around this by adding swap).
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoI don't think that heavier = better at tablet UI; yes, GNOME3 went that direction, but so did matchbox.
- brnt 6y agoGnome 3 is since a year or so the memory-heaviest Linux DE. You may get a better experience with another DE!
- Lex-2008 6y agodid you see https://sr.ht/~mil/Sxmo/ https://sr.ht/~mil/Sxmo/? I haven't tried it yet, but it looks light and touch-oriented.