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Bryan Quigley: 2024 LiveCD Memory Usage Compare

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I am using pretty much the exact same setup I did in 2020. Let's see who is more efficient in a live session!

But first let's take a look at the image sizes:

>> Image size (in G) 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 Ubuntu Xubuntu Xubuntu-minimal Kubuntu Lubuntu Ubuntu Mate Manjaro 24.1 (KDE) Linux Mint 22 (Cinnamon) Fedora 40 (Gnome) Endless OS 6 5.8 40.565286906228884 237.3745496805519 Ubuntu 3.9 98.51569677227016 312.14438462634905 Xubuntu 2.5 156.46610663831143 367.2379472179891 Xubuntu-minimal 4.1 214.4165165043527 304.27387568468623 Kubuntu 3.1 272.36692637039397 343.62642039300044 Lubuntu 4 330.31733623643527 308.20913015551764 Ubuntu Mate 3.9 388.2677461024765 312.14438462634905 Manjaro 24.1 (KDE) 2.8 446.21815596851775 355.4321838054948 Linux Mint 22 (Cinnamon) 2.2 504.1685658345591 379.04371063048336 Fedora 40 (Gnome) 3.9 562.1189757006003 312.14438462634905 Endless OS 6 Image size (in G)

Charge Open Movie is what I viewed if I can make it to YouTube.

I decided to be more selective and remove those that did very porly at 1.5G, which was most.

  • Ubuntu - booted but desktop not stable, took 1.5 minutes to load Firefox
  • Xubuntu-minimal - does not include a web browser so can't further test. Snap is preinstaled even though no apps are - but trying to install a web browser worked but couldn't start.
  • Manjaro KDE - Desktop loads, but browser doesn't
  • Xubuntu - laggy when Firefox is opened, can't load sites
  • Ubuntu Mate -laggy when Firefox is opened, can't load sites
  • Kubuntu - laggy when Firefox is opened, can't load sites
  • Linux Mint 22 - desktop loads, browsers isn't responsive

>> Memory usage compared (in G) 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1 1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 Lubuntu Endless OS 6.0 Fedora 40 0.45 57.52699314991314 372.0296569207792 Lubuntu 1 273.2532174620874 286.9854710078829 Endless OS 6.0 0.7 488.97944177426166 333.3732087785536 Fedora 40 0.9 120.8066856148176 302.4480502647731 Lubuntu 1 336.5329099269918 286.9854710078829 Endless OS 6.0 1.1 552.2591342391661 271.5228917509926 Fedora 40 1.1 184.086378079722 271.5228917509926 Lubuntu 1.3 399.81260239189635 240.5977332372121 Endless OS 6.0 1.4 615.5388267040705 225.13515398032192 Fedora 40 Memory usage compared (in G) Desktop responsive Web browser loads simple site YouTube worked fullscreen

Fedora video is a bit laggy, but watchable.. EndlessOS with Chromium is the most smooth and resonsive watching YouTube.

For fun let's look at startup time with 2GB (with me hitting buttons as needed to open a folder)

>> Startup time (Seconds) 0 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 Lubuntu Endless OS 6.0 Fedora 40 33 107.38104458917655 401.2549765487598 Lubuntu 93 299.13290992699183 247.63515398032195 Endless OS 6.0 45 490.8847752648071 370.53101203507225 Fedora 40 Startup time (Seconds) Seconds

Conclusion

  • Lubuntu lowered it's memory usage from 2020 for loading a desktop 585M to 450M! Kudos to Lubuntu team!
  • Both Fedora and Endless desktops worked in lower memory then 2020 too!
  • Lubuntu, Fedora and Endless all used Zram.
  • Chromium has definitely improved it's memory usage as last time Endless got dinged for using it. Now it appears to work better then Firefox.

Notes:

  • qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cdrom lubuntu-24.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso -m 1.5G -smp 4 -cpu host -vga virtio --full-screen
  • Screen size was set to 1080p/60Hz.
  • I tried to reproduce 585M on Lubuntu 20.04 build, but it failed on anything below 1G.
  • Getting out of full screen on YouTube apparently is an intensive task. Dropped testing that.
  • All Ubuntu was 24.04.1 LTS.


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