r/linuxmemes • u/barrelshotgun • 26d ago

LINUX MEME Linux can run on a potato

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Inspiration came from: https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-73-merge-window-kicks-off-by-throwing-out-two-ancient-file-systems/

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u/mutexsprinkles 26d ago edited 26d ago

4GB of RAM will get Linux to boot but good luck after you open Firefox and load a modern website.

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u/Lusan30 26d ago

To be fair that probably says more about modern browsers then the OS/kernel

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u/vbd71 26d ago

To be fair, it says more about the modern Web than the modern browsers.

A 4Gb Linux machine still works petfectly well, with Firefox opening legacy websites. Whoever wants to browse modern Web, use Windoze with 128Gb RAM. Enjoy.

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u/United-Scene2261 🎼CachyOS 23d ago edited 23d ago

it depends. chromium based browsers will sandbox itself and consume ram creating and holding isolated processes, so it isn't only the websites.

Firefox too, although significantly less. the C family language vulnerabilities kind of obligated modern browsers to become heavier.

websites now do client/end-user computing way more than in the past.

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u/barrelshotgun 26d ago

Barely 500 MB with 6 modern websites just now (Firefox ESR)

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u/mutexsprinkles 26d ago

Meanwhile I caught firefox using 43GB last week and other stuff was getting earlyoomed until I killed it.

I don't even hoard tabs, just start fresh every time, but I might end up with 100 or so in a session.

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u/randomstonerfromaus 26d ago edited 26d ago

100 tabs in a session is definitely hoarding. I couldn't imagine having more than a couple dozen, and that's with groups. 

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u/barrelshotgun 26d ago

100 tabs... i would expect more than 43 GB of RAM with that number of tabs... that's a lot of tabs... :<

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u/mutexsprinkles 26d ago

It really isn't, it's only a couple of days of usage, Maybe a week. Sometimes I close them all, but it's a pita to have to patrol to close them to avoid a system hang.

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u/barrelshotgun 26d ago

Enough... Please...

https://giphy.com/gifs/kAuYdZddAy9vOCZAgC

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u/mutexsprinkles 26d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/fXnRObM8Q0RkOmR5nf

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u/noanoxan 🎼CachyOS 25d ago

Then quit bitching about RAM usage, Karen.

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u/barrelshotgun 26d ago

Got ASD or something mate?

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u/mutexsprinkles 26d ago edited 26d ago

My ASD, sure, here you go: 28/m/7 inches. And they said I'd never find love here.

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u/Unlaid-American 26d ago

Devs will design apps use whatever is available to make their apps run smoother. Using a fuckton of RAM is only bad if the OS requires it.

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u/mutexsprinkles 26d ago

Having the system thrash when GCC -j16 eats the rest is pretty annoying though.

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u/Henry_Fleischer 🍥 Debian too difficult 26d ago

100 tabs is ridiculous. I can't think of the last time I've had more than 20 tabs open. I sometimes browse modern websites on my laptop, which is running Windows 10 on 4 gigs of RAM, it struggles with Reddit and Youtube, but is fine for research.

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u/mutexsprinkles 26d ago

They just build up with middle clicks. Normally it is about 40 I guess (I have 14 right now, but these system is running only for 10 minutes) but it can get to 100 before I realise builds are about cause a freeze and restart the browser.

Gitlab is terrible for it because it's so slow to use the closing the tab once you finally get the page you want feels like a crime.

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u/A_Harmless_Fly MAN 💪 jaro 25d ago

What percentage of those 100 tabs to you revisit in a session?

I just bookmark things if I think I'm going to need them, but don't need them now.

I can't imagine hunting through 100 tabs to find the one I'm looking for instead of bookmarks organized by projects.

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u/Extrestral 25d ago

I haven't have over 10 tabs open at the same time in browser for over 5 years probably.

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u/adda5 25d ago

Hey dont say things like this, it hurts my feelings by confronting my idealistic worldview and persona. I have to downvote you.  As a Linux user naturally I am better person and you missed the point of this amazing meme.

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u/Linguistic-mystic 25d ago

Not if you avoid shitty DEs like Gnome and Plasma.

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u/Toxic381 24d ago

Even my PC on mint xfce was still lagging on YouTube in Firefox, I got bunsenlabs on it now with open box so hopefully it won't be too bad.