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Spyware and bloat ain't cheap these days. Linux users don't rejoice too much, the Fedoras and Ubuntus were eating so much of my RAM I had to take refuge in Alpine.
CachyOS was using 3.25gb of ram while streaming video at 4k on my system. My Windows work PC is currently using 28.2 gigs to have outlook, teams and 6 browser tabs open.
This recommendation was targeted to gaming, not office work. And even for gaming, MSFT said 16GiB was good enough for most games. Sensationalist article which doesn’t belong on HN.
Gaming is such a broad category. That said not even modern triple A games recommend 32 gigabyte yet.
DCS and MSFS 2024 are two such examples.
Sillily, the RGB-bullshit 32GB RAM sticks were cheaper than identical unlits... but I do wish I'd paid more for the latter now, because I'm going to [eventually] have to get inside of these stupid gimmicky LED-covers and tear them all directly off the PCB – so fucking stupid [RGB hardwired onto RAM is, without a physical switchoff].
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tl;dr: I don't care what Microslop does or does not recommend, because I would never in my lifetime be caught using anything post-Win7Pro (if it had to be MSFT).
Spyware and bloat ain't cheap these days. Linux users don't rejoice too much, the Fedoras and Ubuntus were eating so much of my RAM I had to take refuge in Alpine.
The name of the bloat you're looking for is called "systemd".
Even though it's still kinda, sorta, possible to keep a lean Debian install in check (and Debian by default uses systemd), systemd is quite the gigantic kitchen sink. In the Fedoras and Ubuntus it's indeed out of control now.
The one thing that speeds up a systemd Linux booting (and usage) is removing as much of those systemd (dis)services as possible.
P.S: main desktop is Debian + Awesome WM (so I do use systemd)
This recommendation was targeted to gaming, not office work. And even for gaming, MSFT said 16GiB was good enough for most games. Sensationalist article which doesn’t belong on HN.
I even develop windows apps. On Linux, built on GitHub actions.
If I had windows forced on me for corp reasons, like I did once, just full screen a VM
Genuine question, especially here on HN. Why would a developer use Windows in 2026? I even develop windows apps. On Linux, built on GitHub actions. If I had windows forced on me for corp reasons, like I did once, just full screen a VM
Genuine question, especially here on HN. Why would a developer use Windows in 2026? I even develop windows apps. On Linux, built on GitHub actions. If I had windows forced on me for corp reasons, like I did once, just full screen a VM
Had a laptop purchased in December 2024 with 16 GB of RAM. Running a single VS Code instance and Edge with maybe 10 tabs consumed almost 100% of the RAM. Doing any actual development work required me to upgrade to 64 gigs of RAM. Thankfully it required DDR4 SODIMMs and I had two lying around from a recently deceased Mini PC.