Windows 11 apps like Discord, WhatsApp, and Teams now use 1 to 4GB of RAM because they are web apps and the rising RAM prices make it worse.
  • Windows Latest discovered Discord and other Chromium and Electron-based applications with high RAM usage
  • RAM usage spikes from 1GB to 4GB on Discord both in and out of voice chat
  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    41·
    1 month ago

    I mostly use terminal-based software on Linux.

    I think that the only programs I use much that embed a web browser are:

    • Firefox

    • Steam

    • Some games that are Web-based and which I only run one of at once (Neo Scavenger, some RPGMaker-based games, probably some others).