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Pixel 8a has 8gb ram. It's not a low end number for Android phones. Probably more the fact that the memory and battery management logic assumes all user apps w
by smashed 1y ago
Pixel 8a has 8gb ram. It's not a low end number for Android phones.
Probably more the fact that the memory and battery management logic assumes all user apps which are not in focus can be killed aggressively, which makes the system unsuitable for any background task by design.
- sunshine-o 1y agoYeah I have machines with 8Gb and I am popping VMs like there is no tomorrow without problem. Now I am not very knowledge about memory management on Android but I just noticed the 8Gb of the Pixel 8a are almost all used just after reboot. So this is very different than a Linux desktop...
- hnuser123456 1y agoYes, all of the background google services that don't come with desktop Linux chew up a big chunk. You could look into disabling all non-critical services on the phone, there's probably lots of low-hanging fruit.
- pjmlp 1y agoAndroid is not GNU/Linux, yes it may use the Linux kernel, however it has a complete different userland, complete different driver model microkernel inspired with Android IPC, and the kernel itself is heavly customised, more so the OEMs ones. Expecting Android to be just another Linux distro is exactly the root cause of many Termux developers frustations.
- godelski 1y ago> Pixel 8a has 8gb ram. It's not a low end number for Android phones. I mean... linux runs fine of a Gen 1 raspberry pi... I have several machines around me that are running linux with 4GB or less. Hell, my 3D printer only has 128MB and my car has under a gig and run Linux fine. A low end phone *should* be just fine...