Possibly related:

screen shot of memory usage by app, showing Firefox using over 18GB of RAM

I also don’t understand why every chat app needs 1GB of RAM to itself.

    • Dave@lemmy.nzOP
      7·
      10 months ago

      The about:processes page doesn’t even add up close to that:

      a screenshot of only the memory column in firefox's about:processes page. This shows firefox's main process using 7GB RAM, a 400MB, a 300MB, and a 200MB process, then other smaller ones under 100MB each. Adding up to perhaps 8 or 9 GB

      • Owl@mander.xyz
        11·
        10 months ago

        Then it’s just a bug I guess

        Or someone is getting very rich in bitcoin right now

        • Dave@lemmy.nzOP
          13·
          10 months ago

          Someone else pointed out cached RAM is shown as used in Linux, so Firefox is probably showing actual usage and the process list probably includes the RAM cached for Firefox.