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Animats | on: “This is not the computer for you”
Not enough memory -> can't do it.

Not enough CPU -> can do it, but it's slow.

(Ubuntu with the OOM killer - could do it, but when it filled half of memory, it was killed.)

bitmasher9 | parent | next
Not enough memory is sometimes just a slowdown these days, with ssd and swap.
pocksuppet | root | parent
Swap has existed since Win95 btw
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TurdF3rguson | parent
For me, not enough memory is mostly -> close some damn browser tabs.
imp0cat | root | parent
If we're talking about Ubuntu, ZRAM is still a thing.
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