Re: cheap laptops
Steven Ellis via linux-aus <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 9:27 AM Steven Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > and from ps_mem 496.2 MiB + 135.4 MiB = 631.6 MiB gnome-shell 2.3 GiB + 133.7 MiB = 2.5 GiB chrome (27) 11.5 GiB + 297.3 MiB = 11.8 GiB firefox (60) _______________________________________________ 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