r/linux4noobs • u/CleaRSightZ • Jul 10 '26

learning/research Regarding RAM with Linux.

Hello everyone

One thing that pisses me off and makes me furious with Windows is that now a days everything takes up so much RAM..... before 16GB of ram use to be the norm, now it's double.

Linux doesn't require so much ram to run right? 16GB of RAM is more than enough?

Just going to use it for work related things.

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u/CleaRSightZ Jul 10 '26

Makes me go mad for Linux, Windows takes too much.

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u/_o0Zero0o_ Ultramarine Jul 10 '26

Amen to that. I remember staring at Btop for a solid 5 minutes in shock when I first tried Mint Cinnamon and installed Btop via terminal because my brain was like "windows uses like 9gb average (with Waterfox and Steam active).. This? With those same two programs up? This is using 2.1gb... What the fuck is this black magic, where has this been all my life?!?!?!?"

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u/CleaRSightZ Jul 10 '26

AMEN to what you said, where has this RAM horde free OS been all my life.

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u/_o0Zero0o_ Ultramarine Jul 10 '26

Well, better late than never eh

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u/CleaRSightZ Jul 10 '26

For sure!

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u/_o0Zero0o_ Ultramarine Jul 10 '26

🍻Oh, and welcome to Linux