[Linux-aus] cheap laptops

[Bob Hepple]

8Gb is ample for me - fedora-38/sway/firefox (24 tabs presently):

$ free -h
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache
available
Mem:           7.6Gi       5.3Gi       200Mi       740Mi       2.2Gi
1.3Gi
Swap:          7.6Gi       1.8Gi       5.8Gi

$ sudo ps_mem:
...
 43.1 MiB + 618.5 KiB =  43.7 MiB pipewire-pulse
 44.7 MiB +  37.5 KiB =  44.7 MiB nordvpnd
 22.9 MiB +  25.5 MiB =  48.4 MiB sway
 45.0 MiB +   9.9 MiB =  54.9 MiB keepassxc
 70.3 MiB +   4.8 MiB =  75.1 MiB syncthing (2)
 59.0 MiB +  18.3 MiB =  77.3 MiB com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate
 79.9 MiB +  17.2 MiB =  97.1 MiB WebKitWebProcess
181.0 MiB +   9.7 MiB = 190.7 MiB mythfrontend
218.8 MiB +   5.0 MiB = 223.9 MiB emacs-29.0.91
186.3 MiB +  43.0 MiB = 229.4 MiB rclone (12)
  3.3 GiB + 162.2 MiB =   3.5 GiB firefox (33)
---------------------------------
                          4.9 GiB
=================================

I don't even notice the swapping. No VM's, mind.



On Mon, 26 Jun 2023 at 15:34, Russell Stuart via linux-aus <
linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:

> On 26/6/23 14:59, Steven Ellis via linux-aus wrote:
> > I suppose it depends on your usage, but I wouldn't touch anything
> > below 16GB for personal and 32GB for work these days. My web browser
> > alone uses 16 GB on a regular basis.
>
> On my laptop I run a browser, vscode, SQL DB's, web servers and the
> other usual stuff that I forget.
>
>      $ free -h
>                     total        used        free      shared
> buff/cache   available
>      Mem:            15Gi       7.5Gi       1.3Gi       459Mi
> 6.6Gi       7.1Gi
>      Swap:           15Gi          0B        15Gi
>
> As you say it depends on what you are doing.   8GB would be fine for me
> on typical days.  Occasionally I run a Windows VM and then 16GB isn't
> enough without swap.  With swap I get by.
>
> If you aren't spilling over into swap very occasionally, I'd say you've
> spent too much on memory and using too much battery.
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