{"comments":[{"comment":{"id":17195001,"creator_id":115442,"post_id":23597728,"content":"Solution: if you only have 4GB ram, nothing can use more than 4GB","removed":false,"published":"2025-06-06T10:45:57.398881Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemm.ee/comment/20973793","local":false,"path":"0.17195001","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":115442,"name":"crt0o","banned":false,"published":"2023-06-13T21:00:27.735291Z","actor_id":"https://lemm.ee/u/crt0o","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":25},"post":{"id":23597728,"name":"System requirements for me and not for thee","url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","body":"Possibly related:\n\n![screen shot of memory usage by app, showing Firefox using over 18GB of RAM](https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/d3bfde7f-fa86-4f5b-9e2a-81aeff15bab9.png)\n\nI also don't understand why every chat app needs 1GB of RAM to itself.","creator_id":7648,"community_id":841,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-06-06T10:36:36.821063Z","updated":"2025-06-06T10:37:49.289904Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"thumbnail_url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","ap_id":"https://lemmy.nz/post/23836773","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false,"url_content_type":"image/png","alt_text":"Top of image shows \"Other people's linux\" with a screen shot of a previous meme showing windows with lots of requirements and linux with \"Electricity (optional)\". 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I was going to get a second stick, but said screw it and got two 32GB (it's a laptop and only has two slots).","removed":false,"published":"2025-06-06T10:50:13.803605Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.nz/comment/15840802","local":false,"path":"0.17195001.17195071","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":7648,"name":"Dave","avatar":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/5eb39c6b-a1f0-4cba-9832-40a5d8ffb76a.png","banned":false,"published":"2023-06-02T09:46:20.302035Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.nz/u/Dave","local":false,"deleted":false,"matrix_user_id":"@bechorin:matrix.org","bot_account":false,"instance_id":54},"post":{"id":23597728,"name":"System requirements for me and not for thee","url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","body":"Possibly related:\n\n![screen shot of memory usage by app, showing Firefox using over 18GB of RAM](https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/d3bfde7f-fa86-4f5b-9e2a-81aeff15bab9.png)\n\nI also don't understand why every chat app needs 1GB of RAM to itself.","creator_id":7648,"community_id":841,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-06-06T10:36:36.821063Z","updated":"2025-06-06T10:37:49.289904Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"thumbnail_url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","ap_id":"https://lemmy.nz/post/23836773","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false,"url_content_type":"image/png","alt_text":"Top of image shows \"Other people's linux\" with a screen shot of a previous meme showing windows with lots of requirements and linux with \"Electricity (optional)\". 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","removed":false,"published":"2025-06-06T14:23:16.182900Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://programming.dev/comment/17374453","local":false,"path":"0.17195001.17195071.17199045","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":15837666,"name":"Colloidal","banned":false,"published":"2025-02-26T20:28:30.919176Z","actor_id":"https://programming.dev/u/Colloidal","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":22},"post":{"id":23597728,"name":"System requirements for me and not for thee","url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","body":"Possibly related:\n\n![screen shot of memory usage by app, showing Firefox using over 18GB of RAM](https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/d3bfde7f-fa86-4f5b-9e2a-81aeff15bab9.png)\n\nI also don't understand why every chat app needs 1GB of RAM to itself.","creator_id":7648,"community_id":841,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-06-06T10:36:36.821063Z","updated":"2025-06-06T10:37:49.289904Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"thumbnail_url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","ap_id":"https://lemmy.nz/post/23836773","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false,"url_content_type":"image/png","alt_text":"Top of image shows \"Other people's linux\" with a screen shot of a previous meme showing windows with lots of requirements and linux with \"Electricity (optional)\". 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As far as I'm aware, RAM is almost always still power of two kibi-, mebi- or gibibytes, unlike more permanent storage, and it often gets the kilo-, mega- and giga- prefixes regardless.\r\n\r\nIn other words, if you mix up thousands and 1024s you can get 64×1024×1024×*1000* (whoops) which is roughly 67 billion.","removed":false,"published":"2025-06-06T15:08:10Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://fedia.io/m/linuxmemes@lemmy.world/t/2263966/-/comment/11013170","local":false,"path":"0.17195001.17195071.17199045.17200092","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":11154136,"name":"palordrolap","display_name":"palordrolap","banned":false,"published":"2024-08-13T17:40:57Z","actor_id":"https://fedia.io/u/palordrolap","bio":"Some middle-aged guy on the Internet. Seen a lot of it, occasionally regurgitating it, trying to be amusing and informative.\n\nLurked Digg until v4. Commented on Reddit (same username) until it went full Musk.\n\nWas on kbin.social (dying/dead) and kbin.run (mysteriously vanished). Now here on fedia.io.\n\nReally hoping he hasn't brought the jinx with him.\n\nOther Adjectives: Neurodivergent; Nerd; Broken; British; Ally; Leftish","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":34},"post":{"id":23597728,"name":"System requirements for me and not for thee","url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","body":"Possibly related:\n\n![screen shot of memory usage by app, showing Firefox using over 18GB of RAM](https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/d3bfde7f-fa86-4f5b-9e2a-81aeff15bab9.png)\n\nI also don't understand why every chat app needs 1GB of RAM to itself.","creator_id":7648,"community_id":841,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-06-06T10:36:36.821063Z","updated":"2025-06-06T10:37:49.289904Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"thumbnail_url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","ap_id":"https://lemmy.nz/post/23836773","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false,"url_content_type":"image/png","alt_text":"Top of image shows \"Other people's linux\" with a screen shot of a previous meme showing windows with lots of requirements and linux with \"Electricity (optional)\". 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I think I’ve seen something similar on a thinkpad. 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It's myth for me that it exists. Me looking at my firefox occupying 6GB of the 8GB ram and opening intellij so it becomes full and swap is on 3GB.","removed":false,"published":"2025-06-06T13:36:29.333861Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.world/comment/17499183","local":false,"path":"0.17195001.17195178.17197995","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":6287,"name":"devfuuu","avatar":"https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/49137447-272b-434d-914c-4ff97571432b.jpeg","banned":false,"published":"2023-06-17T22:11:32.074175Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.world/u/devfuuu","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":24},"post":{"id":23597728,"name":"System requirements for me and not for thee","url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","body":"Possibly related:\n\n![screen shot of memory usage by app, showing Firefox using over 18GB of RAM](https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/d3bfde7f-fa86-4f5b-9e2a-81aeff15bab9.png)\n\nI also don't understand why every chat app needs 1GB of RAM to itself.","creator_id":7648,"community_id":841,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-06-06T10:36:36.821063Z","updated":"2025-06-06T10:37:49.289904Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"thumbnail_url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","ap_id":"https://lemmy.nz/post/23836773","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false,"url_content_type":"image/png","alt_text":"Top of image shows \"Other people's linux\" with a screen shot of a previous meme showing windows with lots of requirements and linux with \"Electricity (optional)\". 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It was getting killed by the OOM killer (on my 64GB of RAM system!) about twice a day. It's not doing it anymore, though; I must've closed the correct tab.","removed":false,"published":"2025-06-06T13:46:02.584356Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.world/comment/17499352","local":false,"path":"0.17195001.17195178.17197995.17198186","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":7032,"name":"grue","banned":false,"published":"2023-06-13T05:59:00.543707Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.world/u/grue","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":24},"post":{"id":23597728,"name":"System requirements for me and not for thee","url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","body":"Possibly related:\n\n![screen shot of memory usage by app, showing Firefox using over 18GB of RAM](https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/d3bfde7f-fa86-4f5b-9e2a-81aeff15bab9.png)\n\nI also don't understand why every chat app needs 1GB of RAM to itself.","creator_id":7648,"community_id":841,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-06-06T10:36:36.821063Z","updated":"2025-06-06T10:37:49.289904Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"thumbnail_url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","ap_id":"https://lemmy.nz/post/23836773","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false,"url_content_type":"image/png","alt_text":"Top of image shows \"Other people's linux\" with a screen shot of a previous meme showing windows with lots of requirements and linux with \"Electricity (optional)\". 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Memory allocated, but not written to, still counts toward your limit, unlike in overcommit modes 0 or 1.\n\nThe default is to hope that not enough applications on the system cash out on their memory and force the system OOM. You get more efficient use of memory, but I don't like this approach.\n\nAnd as a bonus, if you use overcommit 2, you get access to ```vm.admin_reserve_kbytes``` which allows you to reserve memory only for admin users. Quite nice.","removed":false,"published":"2025-06-07T03:49:06.088160Z","updated":"2025-06-07T03:50:08.168541Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://sh.itjust.works/comment/19046510","local":false,"path":"0.17195001.17195178.17201138.17211273.17213521","distinguished":false,"language_id":37},"creator":{"id":15572832,"name":"unhrpetby","banned":false,"published":"2025-02-17T01:10:26.178174Z","actor_id":"https://sh.itjust.works/u/unhrpetby","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":32},"post":{"id":23597728,"name":"System requirements for me and not for thee","url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","body":"Possibly related:\n\n![screen shot of memory usage by app, showing Firefox using over 18GB of RAM](https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/d3bfde7f-fa86-4f5b-9e2a-81aeff15bab9.png)\n\nI also don't understand why every chat app needs 1GB of RAM to itself.","creator_id":7648,"community_id":841,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-06-06T10:36:36.821063Z","updated":"2025-06-06T10:37:49.289904Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"thumbnail_url":"https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/dd8a306f-5e7c-439e-8c0e-63252657fc93.png","ap_id":"https://lemmy.nz/post/23836773","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false,"url_content_type":"image/png","alt_text":"Top of image shows \"Other people's linux\" with a screen shot of a previous meme showing windows with lots of requirements and linux with \"Electricity (optional)\". 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