Re: cheap laptops
Steven Ellis via linux-aus <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 5:34 PM Russell Stuart via linux-aus < [email protected]> wrote: > On 26/6/23 14:59, Steven Ellis via linux-aus wrote: > > I suppose it depends on your usage, but I wouldn't touch anything > > below 16GB for personal and 32GB for work these days. My web browser > > alone uses 16 GB on a regular basis. > > On my laptop I run a browser, vscode, SQL DB's, web servers and the > other usual stuff that I forget. > > $ free -h > total used free shared > buff/cache available > Mem: 15Gi 7.5Gi 1.3Gi 459Mi > 6.6Gi 7.1Gi > Swap: 15Gi 0B 15Gi > > As you say it depends on what you are doing. 8GB would be fine for me > on typical days. Occasionally I run a Windows VM and then 16GB isn't > enough without swap. With swap I get by. > > If you aren't spilling over into swap very occasionally, I'd say you've > spent too much on memory and using too much battery. > free -h total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 31Gi 18Gi 2.8Gi 7.3Gi 9Gi 4.7Gi Swap: 18Gi 8.2Gi 10Gi _______________________________________________ linux-aus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to linux-aus-unsubscribe-cunTk1MwBs8iFSDQTTA3OBCuuivNXqWP@public.gmane.org