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I have fairly capable machines that can handle Chrome. I don’t have several apps running in the background and prefer to just have a browser open so I can focus
by night-rider 4y ago
I have fairly capable machines that can handle Chrome. I don’t have several apps running in the background and prefer to just have a browser open so I can focus. 32GB RAM is sufficient, plus a fast SSD. You don’t get to complain when you have the right hardware. I can see why running Chrome on a Raspberry Pi would be a problem though.
- rco8786 4y agoI’m not complaining nor judging. I’m asking a technical question about why a piece of software uses significantly more memory than other similar pieces of software. Also not everyone has 32G of memory. Most mid range laptops have 8 or 16.
- night-rider 4y agoBrowsers do a lot of things simultaneously. They come bundled with devtools, codecs, have to render different file formats like PDF, need to sync bookmarks across devices, play video, handle JS APIs, do security right, etc A browser is the most complex piece of software on your system, apart from the OS.
- rco8786 4y agoThanks. I am looking for a technical discussion about why Chromium seems to be more memory intensive than other browser cores while being responsible for largely the same application functionality. Is this not clear from the question? Is there something I can reword to make it clearer?
- night-rider 4y agoI just posted this. Hope it helps: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31768643 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31768643