Microsoft once tried to cut Windows 11 RAM usage, install size by 20%, now it’s trying again in 2026

https://lemmy.nz/post/35700780

Microsoft once tried to cut Windows 11 RAM usage, install size by 20%, now it’s trying again in 2026 - Lemmy NZ

Lemmy

All at a time where I think I’m actually going to switch to Linux.

I just tried out an install on my laptop and boy does it work well even for gaming.

Windows has, nothing I actually need any more?

It feels really big to really leave Windows for good, but, I think it’s going to happen after a bit more testing of my Linux setup.

You say this as if you have been waiting for it?

You, and I both, know they are going to ask Copilot “What can we eliminate in the code base”.