Unused RAM is wasted RAM.
this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2025
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More than I could do on my Apple IIe at 64k.
I have 64 and am about to upgrade to 128GB
I run windows in a VM. Nothing heavy, just to test some things on the shitty windows systems
I run multiple databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL, redis, MongoDB, memcached, all with extra memory available, for development
I run a large array of services directly and in docker containers. Transmission web, the ARR suite, jellyfin, next cloud, immich, onlyofffice, various PHP apps, the list goes on.
8GB is the bare minimum if you only browse 16GB Is the bare minimum if you also run other apps 32GB Is a good amount to work with 64GB is a requirement if you do development or have a lot of services 128GB is a normal amount for a developer
Open 10 extra tabs in chrome
I used it for virtual machines and Docker containers.
One docker container per VM just to maximise the ram usage.
I realise that you are making a joke, but here's what I used it for:
- Debian VM as my main desktop
- Debian VN as my main Docker host
- Windows VM for a historical application
- Debian VM for signal processing
- Debian VM for a CNC
At times only the first two or three were running. I had dozens of purpose built VM directories for clients, different hardware emulation, version testing, video conferencing, immutable testing, data analysis, etc.
My hardware failed in June last year. I didn't lose any data, but the hardware has proven hard to replace. Mind you, it worked great for a decade, so, swings and roundabouts.
I'm currently investigating, evaluating and costing running all of this in AWS. Whilst it's technically feasible, I'm not yet convinced of actual suitability.
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I unironically do this in proxmox. Keeps things nice and separate and i still have plenty ram left.
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Sell it to somebody at a medium, medium cost who needs it
I have 16 GB of RAM and recently tried running local LLM models. Turns out my RAM is a bigger limiting factor than my GPU.
And, yeah, docker's always taking up 3-4 GB.
vram would help even more i think
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If you are on Linux and I guess windows but nor sure. You already use it for cache. So you can never have enough ram. As long as it's the same speed of your existing ram or you will screw yourself in preformence.
I'm on CachyOS. I made sure to enable DOCP and it's running at 3600mhz
You never have to close a browser tab again. If a window is full just minimize it and start a new one!
I hate having more than 5 open at a time. Apparently this is not normal.
I do the same. Spare tabs are bad and drain data.
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Open 1000 instances of vim
Photogrammetry (with Meshroom) or 3D scanning (point cloud alignments and processing has some beast requirements).
Meshroom would gladly use any resources it can find within a 20 mile radius.
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Same thing you can do with half a hole. Fix it to keep your mind from wandering.
Run the Adobe suite, crackled of course.
I avoid Adobe like the plague these days. Besides, they don't support my OS anyway.
Pirated CS6 runs amazing using Wine. Or so I'm told.
im sorry but you can't do anything with it i guess you're fucked