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minus-squareThotDragon@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·6 days agoBack in 2021 I accidentally bought a 64 GB kit rather than the 32 GB one I intended to. No regrets now but really felt like an excess back then.
minus-squarepressanykeynow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 days agoAh the times when you could accidentally buy twice as much RAM.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days ago64 still feels like excess on a Linux machine… But I got mine back in like 2023-2024 so I got lucky
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoOnce you start opening programs your OS is basically negligible. Sure windows might use 5 gigs of ram on startup. But when you’ve got 100 tabs open using 20 gigs of ram the 3 vs 5 gigs is a drop in the bucket.
minus-squarezaubentrucker@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 days agoIf you do virtualization it stacks
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoCame here to say this. I almost never run just 1 computer on my computer. Base Linux OS + Test/burner VM + Work VM --> want 64 GB or Base Linux OS + Whonix Gateway + Whonix Workstation --> want 64 GB
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoWell, when you’re coming from 8gb, that 5 gigs is a big deal. I went overkill with 64, but I’m not going to complain about it.
minus-squarekieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoyeah, i have 32gb and it still feels excessive. even with plex, firefox, steam and discord going i’m only at 8 gigs of usage. all i do on my desktop is game though, i have a server for virtualization and stuff.
Back in 2021 I accidentally bought a 64 GB kit rather than the 32 GB one I intended to. No regrets now but really felt like an excess back then.
Ah the times when you could accidentally buy twice as much RAM.
64 still feels like excess on a Linux machine… But I got mine back in like 2023-2024 so I got lucky
It really depends on what you do.
Once you start opening programs your OS is basically negligible.
Sure windows might use 5 gigs of ram on startup. But when you’ve got 100 tabs open using 20 gigs of ram the 3 vs 5 gigs is a drop in the bucket.
If you do virtualization it stacks
Came here to say this. I almost never run just 1 computer on my computer.
Base Linux OS + Test/burner VM + Work VM --> want 64 GB
or
Base Linux OS + Whonix Gateway + Whonix Workstation --> want 64 GB
Well, when you’re coming from 8gb, that 5 gigs is a big deal. I went overkill with 64, but I’m not going to complain about it.
yeah, i have 32gb and it still feels excessive. even with plex, firefox, steam and discord going i’m only at 8 gigs of usage. all i do on my desktop is game though, i have a server for virtualization and stuff.