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you don't need more 4GB of RAM (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [email protected] 76 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The other 28GB is for running chrome

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Three whole tabs!!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

One of the reasons I use Firefox.

[–] refalo 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

horrible take IMO. firefox is using 12GB for me right now, but you have no idea how many or what kind of tabs either of us have, which makes all the difference to the point your comment has no value whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I use Waterfox and it never uses anything near that.

[–] refalo -1 points 6 months ago

and if you had the same tabs open that I have, it would use a very similar amount of ram

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How come it has no value? I used to run Chrome but now I run Firefox. My browsing habits have not changed yet the memory consumption has greatly improved. It may not have any value to you but it certainly was a valuable experience for me and I made the comment hoping that it might find someone who is in the same situation as I was. I've got nothing to prove and nothing to gain. Anyone may run their own experiment.

[–] refalo 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Anyone may run their own experiment.

I have and Chrome uses less memory for me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Good for you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

but you have no idea how many or what kind of tabs either of us have,

Can't speak for you but I certainly do have an idea of how many and what kind of tabs I have and how many and what kind of tabs I used to have in Chrome.

[–] refalo 0 points 6 months ago

would certainly love to see your side by side comparison of a large difference in memory usage between the two using the same tabs and no extensions with up to date versions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In my experience of switching from Chrome to Firefox in the last year thanks to Lemmy, I have to say that using FF for work comes with all sorts of performance issues.

Then again, my specific use case includes having ~10 windows open at ~20 tabs each, sometimes even more. Definitely pushing the limits of the browser lol