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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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It either runs on Linux or refund (lemmy.ml)

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[–] ChiefSinner@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Perpetual software bloat should not be encouraged; idling at 2GB is fucking insane

[–] BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Really? My arch install is idling at 2.8gb. Picom (310mb), XOrg (160mb) and pipewire (140mb) are big chunks, and kitty isn't cheap either but the rest is mainly sub 50mb services that all add up. I'm not running anything heavy like Gnome or KDE either, just bspwm and 2 polybar instances (one for each monitor).

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How heavy is your kitty? It usually averages at 40-45 Mb on a new window for me (with custom zsh with starship and some plugins, and customised neofetch)

[–] BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah that's weird, after a systemctl soft-reboot, both picom and xorg's memory usage is way down. Either way, it's still not that unreasonable to see Windows idling at 2GB.