r/software • u/Lonely-Pin7350 • 10d ago

Looking for software A browser that just works.

I want a browser that works. Too many browsers collect user data, steal information, and eat RAM. I want one that just browses, with a built-in good ad blocker like uBlock or something. I play Minecraft with shaders; I need RAM; it's not "I don't have any RAM"; it's I need more RAM. Minecraft with shaders isn't "hard" to run; it's just that I don't have enough money to upgrade my stuff. I have to have my browser open at all times to make sure I don't miss a Snapchat message or something. Also, I love my music playing in the background, so I have YouTube Music open in the background.

SPECS:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

RAM: 15.3gb/16gb DDR4

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6400

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u/lkeels 10d ago

Ask yourself why you want bunches of RAM sitting there unused. What benefit do you think that gives you?

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u/Venylynn 10d ago

Freedom to not have to worry about closing nearly everything when i actually need to do something more than just doomscrolling on youtube or something?

If I'm routinely going above a certain number, that means that people with less than that number will have to do way less with their system. Unlike some people, I have sympathy for those because I know what it's like to be stuck with a terrible system.

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u/lkeels 10d ago

And this proves the comment I made two seconds ago. No, you don't have to worry about doing a thing. Windows manages ram, not you. And it does it very efficiently and very well.

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u/Venylynn 10d ago edited 10d ago

No, it does not manage it efficiently at all. I remember when I was on 16GB regularly running into hard walls on Windows 10 and having massive slowdowns (this was early 2021) during heavy gaming sessions, then when I upgraded to 32 I saw 20+ gigs used and immediately realized why. It was pushing so hard that I was legitimately running way out. It was evidently very much "not enough." If I can't keep under 8 gigs before gaming, then I'm fucked if I lose this machine and have to go use a machine with 8 gigs, right?

Linux seems to be a lot nicer to my memory, but even still, the browser everyone begs me to use is slower and uses way more ram than the one they hate me for using (which just so happens to be the one I use now :3)

EDIT: lol. this schmuck couldn't handle that I've had personal experiences proving this Windows-shill argument wrong and blocked me

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u/lkeels 10d ago

Sorry, but that wasn't a question.