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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><div dir="auto">Would you consider switching to a different Wayland-based desktop environment? Your memory usage problems are probably caused by GNOME moreso than Wayland itself. You could try Wayfire, for example. (I use Sway, a tiling window manager, and its memory usage is truly minimal -- but its feature set is also minimal!)<br><br>If you want to stick with Wayland GNOME, I have a feeling the jump from 4 to 8 GB would improve things significantly.<br><br>Best,<br>Pomona</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On August 14, 2025 11:37:12 AM CDT, Brian Sobolak <brian@planetshwoop.com> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail"><div dir="auto"><br>Hola everyone -- it's been awhile :-)<br><br>I recently came into an older PC that I've repurposed for a Fedora 42 workstation. My issue is that the UI is pretty slow. It's a Dell Optiplex 780 -- which is probably 10+ years old -- and only has 4gb of RAM.<br><br>My question is -- is it worth the $30 to try and upgrade the memory, or is Wayland likely to be slow on 8gb?<br><br>I realize I can also switch window managers (probably Cinnamon?) but was enjoying Wayland. Thoughts?<br><br>brian<hr>UFO Chicago -- Users of Free Operating Systems<br>Free Software Rules -- Proprietary Drools!<br><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ufo.chicago.il.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ufo__;!!DZ3fjg!7hsb_QPqgQ8JQTwaHVnUpDhxSk0PUZmEwjT1TltKq9G8VMbMPD7gh1NyXnDmGP0d9ZjYkVfLM26wqjeyZzpYMA$">https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ufo.chicago.il.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ufo__;!!DZ3fjg!7hsb_QPqgQ8JQTwaHVnUpDhxSk0PUZmEwjT1TltKq9G8VMbMPD7gh1NyXnDmGP0d9ZjYkVfLM26wqjeyZzpYMA$</a> </div></pre></blockquote></div><div dir="auto">Best,<br>Pomona Carrington Hoekstra</div></body></html>