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So i have a gaming desktop that not the best or the newest. What takes up most of my drive space is games, updates, and software's. Im wondering if i should switch to linux and if linux will improve any performance for my main machine? If you believe i should switch what os should i go with or why or why not should i switch?

I mostly game and do mess with ollama/ai tools because i think that's cool. I want to do more things in the future but that might beyond my drive space?

What would you advise?

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm not saying you shouldn't. I have 64 GB of DDR5. 🤷‍♂️

I was just reacting to the fact that 64 GB is unusually much for DDR3, since DDR3 is quite old and people usually didn't have that much RAM back in those days.

I reiterate: I'm not saying it's a bad thing. Add as much RAM as you like. Who cares.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, yeah, but seen as it's old now it's dirt cheap, so anyone still running it is gonna have a lot just because they can. It's not like those old computers aren't upgradeable lol

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There's no "but". 🙂 I'm not disagreeing. I was just reacting.

It's like seeing a whole heap of fossils in one place. It's super cool and a neat find, but you react because it's a lot.

I know computers are upgradeable.