Installing 21.04

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, 11 May 2021 at 07:10, Hund <lists_ubuntu at linuxkompis.se> wrote:

> With all due respect, can we please stop with this nonsense? Your *opinion* (or mine for that matter) is not *a fact* or some universal rule that can be applied on anyone or anything.

>
> For you, 8 GB of RAM might be a small amount, but that doesn't make it into a general rule that can be applied for everyone in every scenario.
>

Yeah, no.

I am talking solely and purely about what is shipping today in
brand-new x86 computers for the general market.

Not about anything else.

You are complaining and protesting that what is happening is
inconvenient for you. I sympathise but there is no point in trying to
roleplay King Cnut. You can't hold back the tide by force of will.

Moore's Law is over. CPU makers can't make CPUs much quicker while
still getting cheaper any more. Now, they get more power-efficient,
and you get more smaller cores. That doesn't  help the general market.
It doesn't help you sell new computers. But actual computer makers
*need* to sell new computers to stay alive. So, they are increasing
the spec in other areas where it makes economic sense: more RAM,
bigger SSDs, better cooler-running GPUs that mean slimmer
cooler-running laptops that can drive big screens.

Compare:
https://www.techradar.com/news/theres-no-place-for-expensive-laptops-with-8gb-of-ram-anymore

And because the machines are coming with lots of RAM, the new versions
of OSes are using it and therefore they demand it.

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