Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: -hh Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Apple requires too much money and sacrifice of control Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 16:02:16 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <83hrtjhu6m99m4sr6p36m7qec5t0idldjj@4ax.com> <1q7utjll1cabq3b1pim0522uk6c97e3emm@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 21:02:16 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="221a39ced644abca4c02584fe5c31703"; logging-data="3282927"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+BaOMzPf4E3R8YuE8dC6QZrW/ZSXh9w+g=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:5labhqih4d3uSti6ln4NnSsPBVY= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US On 3/23/25 15:52, Joel wrote: > -hh wrote: > >>>>>>> Take a look at my Cinnamon taskbar: https://i.imgur.com/yPGDm6a.png >>>>>> >>>>>> Um...yeah, so? That you have ~25 Apps on your machine's Dock doesn't >>>>>> mean that you have 25 Apps running concurrently. >>>>> >>>>> They are running, dude. I'm an Internet presence. Deal with it. >>>> >>>> Sorry, don't buy it. Show the RAM processes usage page, not the Dock, >>>> for that claim. >>>> >>>> Similarly, even if it was true, to go identify just what the workflow is >>>> which actually needs to have 20+ diverse apps running concurrently. >>> >>> Do the math. >> >> I have. That's precisely why I'm asking for what possible workflow >> could require so many concurrent open Apps for one human to allegedly be >> rapidly swapping between. >> >> Workflows are subject to the Laws of Diminishing Returns. For any >> modern system with fast storage (eg, NVMe), the pretense of a >> productivity gains from leaving Apps resident in RAM has functionally >> ended for the Pareto Principle 80% portion. > > > My "workflow" is just revolving through different apps for various > functions. Since you don't really know what your workflow needs are, your productivity for doing it isn't a factor for you. Get a PC with 8GB RAM .. it will suffice. And make sure to run a pretty screen saver, since that's as much value-added as all of the rest of the things that you're pretending to do. -hh