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Preloading File Explorer in Windows 11 Doubles RAM Usage, Offers Minimal Speed Boost
(www.techpowerup.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
On Linux I've found it tends to be
1-2GB console onle, or very basic GUI 4GB desktop manager GUI 8GB+ GUI and modern tabbed web browsers (they're memory hogs). Some games 16GB+ Many games from Steam etc