Why is my laptop (X201 running Xubuntu) using so much swap? Every

>>59806885
Can both memory slots be upgraded or is one of the slots soldered? If you can upgrade it, you may be able to max out memory at 8gb for a more stable level of performance.

>>59807387

Ok, so it's not something wrong at the OS level? 10 years ago 4 GB or RAM would have been amazing for me. Nowadays, to achieve the same level of functionality I need 16 GB. What the fuck? What is happening to programs, why are they getting so bloated? Lazy coding? Certainly they're not more "feature-rich", Tbird is pretty much the same, browsers just browse. Maybe it's all the JS behind modern websites. I try to confine myself as much as possible to console-only apps for performance reasons but so it's only browsers eating up my memory.

>>59807387

I'll try the RAM upgrade, thanks.

>>59806885
Chrome and thunderbird eat stupid amounts of ram, so you either find better software or get more ram.

>>59806885
Chrome eats system resources like a fat kid at a buffet. Find a different browser.