• Dimi Fisher@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I remember not long ago showing my linux desktop on reddit and everybody was going crazy because I was still using Firefox and Chrome is the browser to use nowdays and all that crap, I guess times have changed for the better, and yes I still use firefox

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      I’ve recently really gotten into 3d printing, and I’ve bought the bullet and purchased a pretty nice 3D scanner (Crealty Raptor Pro).

      There’s no such thing as too much enough RAM for these scans.

  • MNByChoice@midwest.social
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    6 days ago

    Linux and FreeBSD systems? Happy and snappy.

    Work Windows system filled with crap corp security software? Open electron apps and wait for them to load.

    Personal Windows system? Master of Orion, the remake.

  • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
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    6 days ago

    took me a few days but I fully switched to firefox. my computer finally runs the way it should.

  • suicidaleggroll@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I’d be in trouble, since between ZFS and my various VMs, my system idles at ~170 GB RAM used. With only 32 I’d have to shut basically everything down.

    My previous system had 64 GB, and while it wasn’t great, I got by. Then one of the motherboard slots died and dropped me to 48 GB, which seriously hurt. That’s when I decided to rebuild and went to 256.

    • jaschen@lemm.ee
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      6 days ago

      Real question. Doesn’t the computer actually slow down when you have that much memory? Doesn’t the CPU need to seek into a bigger vast vs a smaller memory set?

      Or is this an old school way of thinking?

      • suicidaleggroll@lemm.eeEnglish
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        6 days ago

        That’s a complicated question. Bigger memory can split it between more banks, which can mean more precharge penalties if the memory you need to access is spread out between them.

        But big memory systems generally use workstation or server processors, which means more memory channels, which means the system can access multiple regions of memory simultaneously. Mini-PCs and laptops generally only have one memory controller, higher end laptops and desktops usually have two, workstations often have 4, and big servers can have 8+. That’s huge for parallel workflows and virtualization.

  • secret300@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 days ago

    32GB of RAM with zram configured aggressively and I still get close at times to running out of ram. 2 more years and I’ll probably need to upgrade to 128GB

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      6 days ago

      Remember that free RAM is wasted RAM that you already paid for. As a result, modern browsers will behave differently in a RAM-rich vs. RAM-lean environment. If there’s wasted space lying around the browser will just hold on to everything on the off chance that it’s needed again, but will more aggressively purge things if you start running out of RAM.

      Keep in mind that when I say “the browser” I also mean Spotify and Discord because those are Electron apps which means they are actually just Chrome tabs in a trench coat.