Please everyone read or at least skim articles before posting.
The article literally says, that it’s “an honest bump” to allow typical usage like web browsing and multitasking.
Ubuntu experts at OMG Ubuntu characterize the latest revision in RAM specs as “an honesty bump.” In other words, the core OS isn’t really more demanding on system resources this time around, but Canonical recognizes that with the latest Gnome desktop, modern web browsers, and typical multitasking workflows, users should look at a minimum of 6GB of RAM.
The week after GDPR went into effect was amazing. Almost nobody was ready, so they just turned off all their ads and tracking for European IPs while they figured it out. Pages loaded pretty much instantly.
I’m concerned about in-system bloat because I read the linked article.
Rather, it’s more of an honesty bump. Components that make up the distro – the GNOME desktop and extensions, modern web browsers (and the sites we load in them) and the kinds of apps we use (and keep running) whilst multitasking are more demanding.
The desktop itself isn’t the only reason that you need more RAM, but it’s definitely one of them.
Please everyone read or at least skim articles before posting. The article literally says, that it’s “an honest bump” to allow typical usage like web browsing and multitasking.
But that’s not honest.
Ubuntu’s default browser, and other apps, are snap-based. They take significantly more resourced than their Debian counterparts.
Web browsing is the real murder here… and i dont want to know how much memory is solely spent on ads
The week after GDPR went into effect was amazing. Almost nobody was ready, so they just turned off all their ads and tracking for European IPs while they figured it out. Pages loaded pretty much instantly.
NEVER!
But that requires actually READING 😖 /j
Downvoted, textwall!
/j
Tldr pls?
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I’m concerned about in-system bloat because I read the linked article.
The desktop itself isn’t the only reason that you need more RAM, but it’s definitely one of them.
I totally get it but with the current rampocalypse I’d delay it just for the optics alone