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Hi there, helping a friend and his 4 GB RAM laptop out. His mother won't allow him to get another OS as I suggested, so we're stuck with Windows 10.

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[–] Suppoze@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ungoogled Chromium: https://chromium.woolyss.com/ It should be the most barebones Chromium browser, hopefully using less RAM. And! Important: Download the 32bit version, even if you choose another browser. As your friend only has 4GB RAM, the max memory a 32bit software can address, you wouldn't have any benefit from a 64bit version, and 32bit apps usually use much much less memory (RAM).

Good luck!

[–] Abel@lemmy.nerdcore.social 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you, I didn't know that about 32 bit systems. I recommended that friend to get everything in 32bit signature from now on.