De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM

Re:De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM by NovaPenguin on Saturday February 04, 2023 @07:44PM (#34660234)

My go to on this was I remember running Debian on a Pentium 166 with 32MB of RAM back in 98/99. It would boot to the desktop only using 6MB. It wasn't flash but it could handle the basics. Heck Windows XP would boot to Desktop using a little under 70MB.

But this isn't just Windows, currently I am on Kubuntu 22.04 and it is using about 1.5GB to get to the Desktop! Yes it is very smooth and flash but it seems like a bit much to do this.

This is why I am interesting in projects like Haiku and Serenity OS, they may bring some sanity back into these things.

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Re:De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM by vbezhenar on Saturday February 04, 2023 @10:46PM (#34661613)

Minimal debian on VM eats something like 20-40 MB of RAM. Not 6 MB, but still rounding error by today's standards.

I guess that with careful selection of GUI components one can fit empty desktop to 60 MB.

Until you start browser anyway.

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Re:De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM by NovaPenguin on Monday February 06, 2023 @01:11AM (#34673975)

I guess nowadays it is a choice, back then it was all we had! :D

But good to know that we can still 'Hyper-mile' our OS.

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