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"Rising cost of memory," Microsoft explains why Windows 11 will use less RAM
(www.windowslatest.com)
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Because what used to be a native application that used 200 mb of RAM now needs to be a web application built on top of a browser using 4 gb of RAM to do the exact same task.
I will honest to God pick fucking Eclipse over VS Code every single day, because at least it runs natively.
I've been using Geany, was that a bad choice in hindsight?
The "enlightened" will tell you to use whatever you're productive with...
...but the real answer is "anything that isn't written in Electron and has no telemetry".