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My daily runner is a T400 Laptop with 4GB RAM on a fairly slim Linux distro. But in the last 6-12 months it is starting to feel a little tight when it comes to
by VelesDude 2y ago
My daily runner is a T400 Laptop with 4GB RAM on a fairly slim Linux distro. But in the last 6-12 months it is starting to feel a little tight when it comes to anything web browsing. Even things like Thunderbird are getting very bulky in keeping up with web rendering standards.
I pulled down an Audiobook player the other day, once all dependencies were meet, it need 1.3GB to function! At least VLC is still slim.
- prmoustache 2y agoI think there is a thing about starting to boycott overly heavy websites. There are some useful resources: https://greycoder.com/a-list-of-text-only-new-sites/ https://greycoder.com/a-list-of-text-only-new-sites/ There are also some tricks to have a lighter web browsing by default: - try websites with netsurf, links or w3m first - using a local web to gemini proxy to browse many websites with a lightweight gemini browser. And you can go a long way by using an adblocker and/or disabling javascript by default using an extension with a toggle.