Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoUbuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1256arrow-down16
arrow-up1250arrow-down1external-linkUbuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018www.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 hours agoBecause websites and browsers have gotten way more bloated. If you don’t need a web browser, you can get by with a lot less RAM.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoAnd the default DE is a JS app that runs in a webview. You know, the same tech stack we make fun of the Win11 start menu for, but for the whole DE.
Because websites and browsers have gotten way more bloated. If you don’t need a web browser, you can get by with a lot less RAM.
And the default DE is a JS app that runs in a webview. You know, the same tech stack we make fun of the Win11 start menu for, but for the whole DE.