Windows 11’s Weather app uses ~1GB RAM, Linux apps a fraction

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Windows 11's Weather app uses ~1GB RAM, Linux apps a fraction

I was flummoxed to read a report on how much memory Microsoft's Weather app uses on Windows 11 – more than 1GB just to render what is, ostensibly, a fancy table of stats. Less surprising is that the GNOME Weather app does the same job for under a fifth of the reported Windows figure, while Mousam, my go-to weather app, uses around a third of Microsoft's effort (and with a nicer design, too). Not everyone on Windows 11 is seeing memory usage as high as the 1.1GB figure given in Windows Latest viral post. But when I check on my [...]

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Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-vs-windows-weather-app-ram Aug 09, 2026, 08:09 PM