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It is so bad now, with all the ads and background services sucking up your RAM. I don't think you can even use Windows 11 properly with 8GB of RAM.
I know for a fact you can run Windows 11 on 8GB of RAM. I just helped a friend install some software on his 8GB laptop. Now, did I spend five hours uninstalling so many things and snipping Windows down to size? Maybe. But it ran
I have 40 tabs open lol, I doubt it.
If my network connection goes down, I have difficulty using Windows with 64GB RAM.
Why on earth does losing your network connection make the OS unusable? Like, locks up the mouse and can’t use the keyboard unusable?
Ohhhh, that doesn't make any sense. Sounds something like a "Dead Lock" situation.
Could be shortcuts referencing a network drive. Don't know why this had notoriously caused Windows to freeze and stutter for so many years, but as soon as you lose connectivity it'll cause chaos.
windows 11 idles at 8gb with only a few services in the background.
Dude I was playing Grounded (the original not the second) last week and my computer was so hot it was insane. I used to play that on my 6 year old laptop with no issues 3 year old gaming desktop shouldn't struggle. In fact about a year ago it didn't struggle. At all. Windows is just garbage.
I have never had problems on older Windows like Windows 7.
I miss 7. But my nastalgia lies with 2000
You can make Linux look like Windows XP, 7, or 10. Here's a guide
I'm fine with the way Mint looks but that's cool to know
It's been all downhill since 98
Installed CachyOS two weeks back and I don't think I'm ever going back to windows on a personal machine. It's refreshing to not see copilot or one drive pop ups on every third click. I missed that clean OS feel for long.
Honestly I’m running Windows 11 Enterprise and I haven’t seen any of the shit people complain about. I have Telemetry turned off via a GPO (something Pro and Home don’t get), I didn’t get copilot shoved down my throat and my updates don’t crash my system
How much RAM?
16GB, I have other systems on 8GB that are also fine.
But do you run it comfortably with 40 tabs open with just 8gb?...
Hahaha. That’s your own damn fault. Close some tabs, and use bookmarks.
Think again. No it isn't, I could do that on Linux. That is Windows fault.
I also run Win11 with 8GB of ram just fine. To be fair though, its a virtual machine and not my daily driver. But the main reason it works is because I used an Ameliorated package that basically strips down the OS to what it should be. (ameliorated.io) I highly recommend it.