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    [–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (13 children)

    Gives a lot of Space for running Virtual machines.

    Also browsers can chew that up fast if you have a lot of tabs, Firefox has managed to do it a few times. At least until I started limiting its RAM to 8GB (best decision ever)

    Limit Firefox to 8GB of RAM .desktop file

    [Desktop Entry]
    Version=1.0
    Name=Firefox RAM limit 8GB
    GenericName=Firefox Ram limit 8GB
    Comment=Limit RAM for Firefox to 8GB;
    Exec=systemd-run --user --scope -p MemoryLimit=8G firefox
    Icon=firefox
    Type=Application
    Terminal=false
    Categories=Utility;Development;
    StartupWMClass=Firefox
    

    (To use it with other apps like Chrome or Electron apps just replace the command at the end, and startup class with the ones from the program you'd like to run. Icon and Name changes are optional but might be desirable so you remember what app it is for).

    [–] Mwa@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Oh my god thanks but what if someone had a systemd free system

    [–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    It might be harder for them but there are similar tools that they could use to limit it. One I've seen people use is firejail, a tool designed for sandboxing processes and applications.

    I've personally never tried it myself though so I can't attest to how well it works, either for this purpose or sandboxing in general.

    [–] Mwa@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Oh, I was talking about runit,sysvinit and openrc systems

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