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Ubuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 122 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

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.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 points 13 minutes ago

Web browsing is the real murder here.. and i dont want to know how much memory is solely spent on ads

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 points 42 minutes ago

I totally get it but with the current rampocalypse I'd delay it just for the optics alone

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 52 points 10 hours ago

Please everyone read or at least skim articles before posting.

NEVER!

[–] pirate2377@lemmy.zip 15 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

But that requires actually READING 😖 /j

[–] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 39 minutes ago (1 children)

Downvoted, textwall!

/j

[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 2 points 22 minutes ago

Tldr pls?

[–] XLE@piefed.social 7 points 9 hours ago

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.