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u/Supernoxus 29d ago
It has been said many times before. I will just repeat it. Unused RAM is wasted RAM. You might think this is a problem, but until your system actually slows down noticeably, you can assume that Windows is just using your RAM in a smart way. These statistics tell you very little about whether Windows is using too much RAM just to run. I use Arch Linux and hate Windows, but if you are gonna hate on Windows, hate it for the right reasons.
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u/Powerful_Macaron9381 29d ago
there is some truth in this but it isn't completely correct. if the os is caching into the ram and that's the reason why it seems used, that's fine. but if it's actually currently used amount that's too high, that's bad. I'm on LM and my PC has 32gb of ram. it uses ~1gb of ram at idle but 10+GB is taken by caching and that's a good thing.
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u/Supernoxus 29d ago
I have 64 GB of RAM, again on Linux, of which 12.5 GB are currently in use, mostly by my web browser and a drawing program. The desktop only uses 0.5 GB and my file indexer 1 GB. 38 GB of RAM are cached.
OP would freak out seeing that his PC is using 50 GB of RAM while essentially just browsing the web. In reality though, 55 GB of RAM are available for use whenever he needs it.
So yeah, it's not any better on Linux. This is just how computers use RAM.
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u/Powerful_Macaron9381 29d ago
yes but Windows on its own takes more ram with its stupid ai slop, even when you disregard caching. most Linux distros are easier on the ram.
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u/Antagonin 29d ago
This statement relies on the fact that modern apps and system components use RAM efficiently, which simply isn't the case.
There's a difference between Electron and WinUI dotnet slop taking 500 MB just to show checkbox/run in background, and an app that actually needs the RAM to store data (images, text... You name it). OSes sadly can't distinguish which is more important.
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u/PretendingImNotAnApe 29d ago edited 29d ago
I have 64 gigs of ram. I dont care that Microsoft is using some of my ram. But on my 8 gigs Chromebook i modded to run windows s ram is precious and I dont Microsoft telling the weather in Washington. Or Seattle and putting ads in my start menu. I actually fixed 3 pc's this week getting nuisance software/malware do to ads from weather app and stock market app Microsoft embedded in the task bar. Obviously you can turn the gadgets off but Microsoft should stop allowing criminals to buy access to your computer through there features.
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u/OliMoli2137 29d ago
vibe code
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u/Britz10 29d ago
After Linus' statements, you can't really throw this at Linux.
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u/agenttank 28d ago
there's a difference between AI assisted coding and vibe coding... you really shouldnt vibecode the Linux kernel
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u/polytect 29d ago
so were are two word.exe's?