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8GB ram is not enough to run any kind of modern web browser


That's demonstrably false - I can run Safari or Chrome on my 8Gb M1 macbook air 24/7 without any issues.


In which universe? I can run up to 5 tabs well under an Atom netbook with 1GB and some hosts bloking file.

with 8GB and the Intel NUC own as a desktop (Alpine Linux XFCE), with UBo I can open dozens of tabs without blinking.


Currently running Spotify + VSCode + Chrome + Slack on 8GB. That's 4 browsers, and it's totally fine.




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