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Please note that I had to correct the 1GB to 2GB. Sorry for giving incorrect data first.

• squarefoot 3y ago
  Firefox can indeed work with only 1GB, although so little RAM imposes some restrictions on the OS and desktop used. Here are two VM examples: Alpine Linux and DietPi, both using XFCE as desktop manager, with Firefox plus HN front page loaded and one terminal window. https://ibb.co/4PXrGtF https://ibb.co/4PXrGtF https://ibb.co/DwcTrQp https://ibb.co/DwcTrQp
  • schemescape 3y ago
    Is that a setup you use regularly, with other apps? How is your swap space configured? My lived experience on Alpine, with no desktop environment on 1 GB is that Firefox needs more memory than that. Browsing the super-lightweight HN site is probably ok, though!
    • squarefoot 3y ago
      That one was just a test on a VM.