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64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six months (www.techradar.com)

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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Linux doesn't waste RAM. All unused RAM becomes a disk read cache, but remains available on demand.

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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 7 months ago

Cool, so the thing you stated wasn’t what happened, and you’re correcting me for not fact checking your comment.

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