[Linux-aus] cheap laptops

[Steven Ellis]

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 9:27 AM Steven Ellis <steven.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 5:34 PM Russell Stuart via linux-aus <
> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>>      $ free -h
>>                     total        used        free      shared
>> buff/cache   available
>>      Mem:            15Gi       7.5Gi       1.3Gi       459Mi
>> 6.6Gi       7.1Gi
>>      Swap:           15Gi          0B        15Gi
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>> 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.
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>> 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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> free -h
>                total        used        free      shared  buff/cache
> available
> Mem:            31Gi        18Gi       2.8Gi       7.3Gi         9Gi
> 4.7Gi
> Swap:           18Gi       8.2Gi        10Gi
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and from ps_mem

 496.2 MiB + 135.4 MiB = 631.6 MiB gnome-shell
  2.3 GiB + 133.7 MiB =   2.5 GiB chrome (27)
 11.5 GiB + 297.3 MiB =  11.8 GiB firefox (60)
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