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Re:Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local... by 123yawaworht456 on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @07:40AM (#40573352)
that depends entirely on what you do with it. bare 24.04 sits at about 0% CPU / 1 GiB RAM usage.

a browser+IDE combo will perfectly fine even on a budget laptop with 4 cores / 8 GB RAM / generic SSD.

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Re:Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local... by dingaling on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @04:03PM (#40578385)
8GB isn't really sufficient anymore, unless you're obsessive about pruning browser tabs and closing one program before open another.

On my just-retired 8GB T410, trying to use a filter in Gimp without closing Firefox would start thrashing and result in the infamous Linux lock-up until power-cycled. Ubuntu 22.

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Re:Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local... by 123yawaworht456 on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @02:11PM (#40588338)
well, idk. just four years ago, I had a PC with 8 GB RAM and it was enough for firefox, CLion and a Windows 7 VM in virtualbox.

I have several VMs with xubuntu 24.04, and they're doing fine with 2 cores and 3 GB RAM. but yes, I rarely have more than a dozen tabs open.

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