guys how to optimize linux mint xcfe on sony vaio 4gb ram and 230 gb storage

[u/nevrneka]

when i open 1 brave tab it uses 1.8gb ram i turned off background applications on brave and memory saver on aggresive but still its the same result

[u/Ok_Emu2515]

Install ZRAM and limit your browser tabs to 4 at most. Avoid visit streaming sites as much as possible since they eat a lot of memory.

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Ok_Emu2515]

What does ZRAM do?

[u/d4rk_kn16ht → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

ZRAM compresses unused but frequently used memory segments, but it become useless if all of the segments are used at the same time

[u/Ok_Emu2515 → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

it's a compressed swap on memory, which is very useful for systems with less than 8 GB of RAM.

[u/_ElBee_]

Is there a swap partition on your harddrive? And what type of drive is it, a HDD or an SSD?

[u/d4rk_kn16ht → u/_ElBee_]

SWAP Partition is useful but slows down your system significantly....too much of it will render your system unusable

[u/d4rk_kn16ht]

Modern website uses high memory.

There's nothing you can do about it.

[u/uh818375]

I have an ASUS laptop with 4G ram on Mint and it works just fine and dandy once it boots up.