Re:Container Linux on the Desktop [slides]
by AstralStorm on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @03:49AM
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8 GB is easily enough for most cases.
The main source of trouble is web browsers and IDEs having problems at low memory... (As if 2GB is not enough RAM for a web browser or a glorified text editor. Shame on them!)
Those same applications cause trouble on 8GB system.
Of course you will need more if you want to play high end games in a VM. Or run many Windows instances as that hog eats 512 MB RAM when fully loaded in and doing nothing. (Unless it is ReactOS which is still frugal.)
16 GB RAM essentially guarantees high comfort in a such VM system as you can usually allocate extra GBs to offending special purpose VMs.
The main source of trouble is web browsers and IDEs having problems at low memory... (As if 2GB is not enough RAM for a web browser or a glorified text editor. Shame on them!) Those same applications cause trouble on 8GB system.
Of course you will need more if you want to play high end games in a VM. Or run many Windows instances as that hog eats 512 MB RAM when fully loaded in and doing nothing. (Unless it is ReactOS which is still frugal.)
16 GB RAM essentially guarantees high comfort in a such VM system as you can usually allocate extra GBs to offending special purpose VMs.