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[โ€“] Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well on Linux we use all the ram we have and give it free when needed

[โ€“] mohKohn@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

yeah, so hypothetically, yes, but when I'm running scripts, frequently their memory usage can cause my computer to freeze if I don't immediately have that memory available. and those are the actual reason I need 64GB, not feeding Firefox's insatiable hunger for RAM.