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I'm typing this comment from a notebook with 8Gb RAM and it is barely enough for a modern desktop - my system is running out of RAM from time to time (because m
by citrin_ru 4y ago
I'm typing this comment from a notebook with 8Gb RAM and it is barely enough for a modern desktop - my system is running out of RAM from time to time (because modern sites are JS heavy and Firefox with multiple tabs sometimes uses all available RAM). I use i3 which has a small memory footprint and assume that with KDE/Gnome I will be running out of RAM more often.
If you have >32 Gb RAM you could ignore DE/WM memory usage but it is a relatively privileged position to be able upgrade hardware faster than software appetites rise.
- mmsimanga 4y agoThis. Perhaps HN crowd can afford machines with sizeable amounts of RAM but many people in my family still use old hardware. 2G RAM machines are pretty common from Windows 7 era. I often "upgrade" family members unwilling to buy a new computer onto lightweight Linux distros which don't need that much RAM.
- marcosdumay 4y agoI have brought a 8GB laptop (2 exclusive for the GPU) with the intent of upgrading the memory about an year ago. But I have been postponing it due to plain lack of need. The only times it has lacked memory were when GHC autoconfigured into using 2 threads for each CPU core and when I install some memory hungry add-ons on Kerbal Space Program. I never noticed the memory limit on normal usage.
- StillBored 4y agoThis is inherent in GCed environments, and firefox/etc aren't tuned to enforce minimizing memory utilization because it saps perf. So, you end up having to do it yourself. Run a tab discard plugin, and then keep an about:memory window open and click the minimize memory utilization button on a regular basis (probably a plugin/etc to do that, but I just trigger it manually every once in a while). And that is on machines that have 32-64G of ram.