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    Ram usage on windows compared to Linux (yewtu.be)
    submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    For those who couldn't read the Linux GUI:

    • Windows used 3.4 GB / 8GB
    • Linux used 800 MB/ 8 GB
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    [–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    RAM is the fastest and most expensive memory in your PC. It uses energy, regardless of whether you use the memory. Not utilising RAM is a waste of resources.

    There’s a reason good monitoring tools draw a stacked RAM chart.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

    Exactly. I wish we moved to a process lifecycle that has a "save your data because you're dying upon the return from this function" stage, similar to the way Android has it. That would allow us to keep a lot more processes in RAM. But it would require massive software changes given the body of software written the classical way and so it's unlikely to happen.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

    Ask devs how many issue reports they gather about app consumes too much ram.