09-29-2019, 08:14 PM
If someone x want to run firefox with 512mb of ram and firefox needs at least 384 mb RAM to work, then the OS and other software can have maximum 128mb of ram or it will not work.
If someone Y want to run some web browser with 512mb of ram the OS can have 512mb minus web_browser_ram_usage for an example if some web browser use half of the about 384 mb that is 192mb then it could run on LL that use about 256mb of ram because 192mb+256mb is less than 512mb.
Of course this means that both X and Y must have enough swap because this is the bare minimum.
Maybe Lubuntu uses firefox because Lubuntu developers won't like it to be known as "weird" because most windows users have sometimes used firefox and/or chrome but not other web browsers.
If someone Y want to run some web browser with 512mb of ram the OS can have 512mb minus web_browser_ram_usage for an example if some web browser use half of the about 384 mb that is 192mb then it could run on LL that use about 256mb of ram because 192mb+256mb is less than 512mb.
Of course this means that both X and Y must have enough swap because this is the bare minimum.
Maybe Lubuntu uses firefox because Lubuntu developers won't like it to be known as "weird" because most windows users have sometimes used firefox and/or chrome but not other web browsers.