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I might have an explanation for the reduced RAM consumption thanks to the M1 chip: RAM compression (https://www.lifewire.com/understanding-compressed-memory-os-

I might have an explanation for the reduced RAM consumption thanks to the M1 chip: RAM compression (https://www.lifewire.com/understanding-compressed-memory-os-x-2260327 https://www.lifewire.com/understanding-compressed-memory-os-...). I'm using zram on manjaro and I see it as a trade-off between RAM and CPU power.

_a1_ 6y ago
TBH this sounds like Windows '95 era "RAM doublers" like SoftRAM 95 :D
- mproud 6y ago
  This is a nice retrospective on SoftRAM: https://youtu.be/8rxssVFeKr8 https://youtu.be/8rxssVFeKr8