GustavoM@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoAs a normal, boring user that does nothing special other than browse the internet and the occasional "casual coding" -- what am I supposed to do with 32GiB of ram?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareAs a normal, boring user that does nothing special other than browse the internet and the occasional "casual coding" -- what am I supposed to do with 32GiB of ram?GustavoM@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-square∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-210 months agoAfter boot, I’m using 2GB. I haven’t noticed Linux doing the ram-hog thing like Windows at all. But Firefox is currently using 8GB. Just restarted Firefox and it’s using 2.5GB now. I think it stores a lot in ram from video.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoLinux definitely hogs RAM, in htop that’s the yellow bar (I think) . It’s mostly file caches that can get dropped quite fast, but still.
After boot, I’m using 2GB. I haven’t noticed Linux doing the ram-hog thing like Windows at all. But Firefox is currently using 8GB.
Just restarted Firefox and it’s using 2.5GB now. I think it stores a lot in ram from video.
Linux definitely hogs RAM, in htop that’s the yellow bar (I think) . It’s mostly file caches that can get dropped quite fast, but still.