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I was just thinking about this the other day...like games are optized for windows usually, but windows is not optimized for games. A fresh Windows 10 runs at 2gb ram on idle. It all went down hill for gamers when Microsoft killed xp
RAM is the cheapest upgrade possible, unless you're trying to run a game on 8GB in 2023 idk why you'd be that concerned with RAM usage.
Me running on lxde using 512mb: 😎
Then you'll turn around and tell me to use Firefox even though Vivaldi runs on half the RAM.
Your guaranteed response?
"Well you have it, might as well use it!"
Cool, exactly how I feel about the OS. Who cares if it can't run on less than a GB. I gave 32GB and can't use all of it if I wanted to even with all my monitors full of applications. Don't see a difference in the argument.
"Why would you want to run your entire DE in under 500mb ram?"
"Cuz it's cool"
My arch install runs at 700mb without nothing opened. Yeah, I know I always have Thunderbird/firefox/telegram/mpv opened and my usage skyrockets to 10/11gb on medium, but knowing that my DE only occupies a very small portion of that is pleasant.
Sure, if minimizing the amount of hardware your OS runs on is fun for you go ahead. I'm not trying to tell you it's wrong, I think it's badass.
It just isn't a factor in being "optimized for gaming" when the average system has 8-16GB to spare even under gaming load. That's like saying your car isn't "optimized for driving" based purely on MPG and eschewing all other metrics.
...Boss man!