This is from a fresh boot of the system, except sshd I have not started anything else. ram consumption used to be just 126-200 mb now it has jumped so significantly that I am concerned I might have unnecessarily bloated my system:

I intend to use the system as a local server with an optional fully featured WM(Hyprland which is installed, but this screenshot was taken before it was loaded) for occasional use.

Ram conservation is a top priority and I would like to know if such a big jump in usage is normal or are there is something wrong with my system config

    • seaQueue
      7·
      2 months ago

      We joke but zram swap works wonders on low resource systems sometimes

        • seaQueue
          1·
          2 months ago

          Not as badly as you’d expect, modern compression is pretty quick using the lz*'s and you’re only expending cycles when you’re hitting swap

        • merthyr1831@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I’ve used swap on my steamdeck for a while and it’s really only improved performance in memory-bound situations when I’ve used it.