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Pretty much everything. I only had 4GB ram until two or three years ago. No swap. Never ran into an issue.
by singpolyma3 5mo ago
Pretty much everything. I only had 4GB ram until two or three years ago. No swap. Never ran into an issue.
- logicchains 5mo ago>I only had 4GB ram until two or three years ago. No swap. Never ran into an issue That sounds like an problem Windows could solve.
- BobbyTables2 5mo agoAlso sounds like a problem they don’t want to solve… If people have to buy new PCs, that’s more $$$ for Microsoft.
- pjmlp 5mo agoWindows traces back to running comfortably with 4 MB, and my first Linux distro, Slackaware run with 32 MB. We can start by throwing all that Electron junk out of the window, pun intended.
- exe34 5mo agoI have 8GB, which I've had since 2012. Never had a problem - I run a lean Nixos with just xmonad and dmenu, chrome, emacs, and about a dozen open pdfs and video tutorials.
- niekkamer 5mo agoSame here still use my laptop with 8GB DDR4 with Manjaro running. Since I have a desktop I do use rustdesk way more often to just boot into that.
- cbdevidal 5mo agoY’all are embarrassing me with Lubuntu and Chrome on a 2013 Dell with 16GB and an SSD. Not fast enough for all I need to do but covers 80% of my needs. It’s my road laptop and the home desktop handles the rest. But you’re doing much better than me.
- exe34 5mo agoMine is a 2012 mac book air, I've replaced the battery early this year, and last month I upgraded the ssd to 1tb. I expect this computer will be a family heirloom after the apocalypse.
- cbdevidal 5mo agoIt still functionable https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p1R9mpezxh0 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p1R9mpezxh0
- exhilaration 5mo agoI'm curious, how much to replace the battery? I bought my kid a used 2015 MacBook Air like 5 years ago and it needs a new battery, otherwise it's totally fine.
- exe34 5mo ago£24 on ebay - it wasn't an authentic apple battery or anything. At this point, as long as it doesn't burn down the house, it's fine if it destroys the laptop. You need to make sure you look at the model and the emc number and check that they match the battery you're buying. (Same for SSD upgrades).
- yoctonaut 5mo agoThis is delightful. I replaced the battery on my 2011 MBA some years ago, but it's been sitting (replaced for family use by a Framework). You're inspiring me to do something with it.
- nubinetwork 5mo agoOpening Chrome, Firefox, discord or Spotify instantly takes up 1gb on my laptop... so that already puts me at 3-4gb... someone needs to find out why kwin leaks so much shared memory, after a week of running that alone can take up a few gigs as well. My next laptop has 32gb at the very least.
- exe34 5mo agoTry xmonad.
- nubinetwork 5mo agoSorry, but I'm not distrotube.
- exe34 5mo agoI've been using xmonad since 2016ish and it takes basically no resources.
- MSFT_Edging 5mo agoHello fellow xmonad enjoyer. There's dozens of us out there.
- exe34 5mo agoMaybe even tens!