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64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six months (www.techradar.com)
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[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Requiring less RAM is good, but conceptually, it's Linux that is "wasting" the RAM by never using it. It's there, and it's reusable, fill it up! Now, does Windows make good use of it? No idea. Wouldn't bet on it, but I could be surprised.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

What for? My system only has I/O if i open a file and that doesn't need to go faster, because NVME.

And no, it doesn't work like that; a desktop pc is not a smarthone. Used RAM gets reserved and you get a OOM freeze or snipe if it's full.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 9 hours ago

Linux uses "free" ram for caching, so it's not really wasted.