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Ubuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 9 points 16 hours ago

It's not the one thing that's gone to hell. rent is on it's way up all over the world, unemployment is way up, food costs are up. Ram, SSD, Gas, Electricity. Over the past year, most things have gotten more expensive. Evevrything has gone up except salaries.

Transport costs are about to skyrocket. That'll add several more percent on everything.

From an indie dev standpoint, maybe you're just insulated more than most.