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this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2023
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Here's a little script I've put in my $PATH, called
memsum:Now you can go:
memsum firefoxormemsum whateverand see that, actually, apps use a ridiculous amount of memory these days.I can get Firefox up to 8GB by using things like Office 365.
Browsers often use a lot of unreserved memory marked as free for whoever wants it. This is how you get 16GB browser sessions.
https://www.linuxatemyram.com/
Thanks for this, it's so easy to just run this script when I'm curious.
I got the warning "egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E" so I just swapped that command to get rid of the message.