Thanks for the detailed response! This really helps!

38 minutes ago, The Terrible Triplett said:

Here is FF on 14 tabs open ...

I think Windows and Linux counts memory differently. Linux is also more efficient at using shared libraries (ie the code is loaded once into memory and many applications share it). To make it even more complex, an application's resident set size (RSS) can be much smaller than the amount of memory it has allocated and memory is always (unless disabled) overcommitted.

So basically, if an application asks for a Terabyte of memory and writes to only one byte of it, the OS will probably allow the app to do the allocation, and will probably only use a few K of actual memory. When showing memory consumption, do you now report 1Tb or 1000k? 🙂

 

@plonkster thanks again for the help - all working nicely now. I included a message to try and remind the wife not to plug in the hair dryer 🙂

I see VRM now updates in real time  😎

Adding some basic geyser control via the relay on the Venus GX.