R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:🧉 on Nostr: Just installed an Electron app because *surely* it would be more lightweight than ...
Just installed an Electron app because *surely* it would be more lightweight than having a dedicated #WebKit browser (#suckless #surf) for just that one web app, right?
NOPE.
<282 MiB RAM for Surf
>630 MiB RAM for #Electron
Good gravy. XD
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