I started with 512 KB, now I use 4 machines. They contain 4, 8, 16 and 64 GB of RAM respectively. It varies depending on your operating system, needs and hardware.
for a casual use 8 gigs are fine - i am now using Acer Swift 3 with a dual core i3 1005g1 and 8 gigs of ram and keep running fragments, files, flatpak version of librewolf, telegram, tuba, pdf viewer, amberol(music player), komikku(manga reader), in school software to check schedule and few windows of libreoffice on 8 virtual desktops and it all consumes only 6 gigs of ram and 4 gigs of swap. And it runs smoothly
I blame cities skylines and the like...add any add-ons and oops there goes my ram. Also idk where tf most of my tabs come from. I close so many every day only to find duplicates every where as if Firefox isn't doing its job of letting me know there is a duplicate 🙃
for windows without gaming 16 gb of ram is okay-ish, 32 gb when it comes to gaming, for linux either works fine but stil the more ram the better if playing with virtual machines for example
If I were to buy a new machine today, I would put 32GB in it because I run heavy engineering software like CAD and FEA.
However, when other “normal” people ask me what they should get, I tell them 16GB. You’re not saving a significant amount of money going to 8GB, and most people never pay attention to how much they’re using. As soon as they start having to micromanage RAM, they feel like they need a better machine.
Meh, for Linux I'd say 8GB. I manage to use 28GB of my 32GB when running intensive VM-based workloads or huge in-RAM software builds, but when I'm doing normal work, even when I'm multitasking I rarely break 5GB. 8GB is quite fine for most stuff, especially if you have ZRAM instead of swap.
That being said, I used to use a 16GB laptop for my intensive work, and my workloads made me almost max out the RAM before. So I'm glad to have 32GB.
@mitexleo For some most people (cross-platform) I typically advise them to get 16GB. Unfortunately a large part of that is due to web browsers and Electron apps. For power users, I recommend 32GB minimum. Linux is its own special case in terms of RAM usage, but when using in on the desktop as a power user I’d probably still recommend the same.
Once I started using 16 GBs, switching back to other systems with less RAM has become quite painful, specially given the fact that I've gotten used to opening dozens of browser tabs and have a lot of RAM-intensive programs running.
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in reply to kaosine • • •@kaosine Oh, Cities can be a memory hog even without mods. I have noticed that whenever a city crosses the 50K pop mark.
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Haven't tried it on my newer one I just got a few weeks ago 😅
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in reply to Ursan Marius Bogdan :mastodon: • • •@bogdanmarius_ursan True, but for gaming with what I have been seeing, 16 GB is just about fine for now.
A few years down the line, and 16 GB will start becoming an issue for new AAA titles.
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •If I were to buy a new machine today, I would put 32GB in it because I run heavy engineering software like CAD and FEA.
However, when other “normal” people ask me what they should get, I tell them 16GB. You’re not saving a significant amount of money going to 8GB, and most people never pay attention to how much they’re using. As soon as they start having to micromanage RAM, they feel like they need a better machine.
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That being said, I used to use a 16GB laptop for my intensive work, and my workloads made me almost max out the RAM before. So I'm glad to have 32GB.
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