<div dir="ltr">Hi Russell,<div><br></div><div>I've seen the issue of memory bloat discussed many times by lots of people, all with different priorities. The consensus at the end of the conversation is always why waste part of someone's life fixing the problem when memory is so cheap.</div><div><br></div><div>Is your idea focused on the current state of affairs or more worried about scaling issues in years to come if RAM prices increase/there aren't as many technical developments in that area?</div><div><br></div><div>Just want to be clear, I think any optimisations to improve efficiency are good, just thinking from a realistic point of view.</div><div><br></div><div>Brendan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 12:46 PM Russell Coker via linux-aus <<a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">We have an ongoing problem of system bloat. Linux laptops with 8G of RAM <br>
aren't doing much more than laptops with 96M of RAM did 25 years ago. Yes we <br>
have new features such as Bluetooth and integrated controls for pausing audio <br>
etc but that sort of thing doesn't justify 80* more RAM.<br>
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I think that a way of alleviating this problem is to gamify it. Make a <br>
contest to find the best reduction of memory in commonly used FOSS programs <br>
and give recognition at the next Everything Open conference. Reduction can be <br>
by optimising the source of a program, optimising configuration, or developing <br>
a way of easily using alternative less memory hungry programs.<br>
<br>
Give the best contestants small trophys (a quick Google suggests that's $20 <br>
including delivery) and everyone who does something noteworthy a mention on <br>
the web site.<br>
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I think this would be easy to run, entertaining for delegates, and good for <br>
the community.<br>
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What do you think?<br>
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PS I tried sending this directly to the council but hit an SPF problem.<br>
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