• PleasantAura@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Windows often uses 8GB at idle for me with a single browser window open due to how much background BS it runs that is entirely irrelevant to anything I use the PC for. I upgraded to 32GB, then just finally decided to switch to Linux for good because it uses around 4-5GB with 10+ programs open (and most of that is Steam and Discord being inefficient).

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      1 year ago

      Windows tends to use at least a quarter of system ram anyways

      As long as you got enough storage for page fileing you should be aokay at least in my experience