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Hi @hansvanoverzee,
Indeed, that’s right.
I have capped the maximum amount of memory that APP can use to:
System Memory in GBs – 1GB
So for a 4GB system, this is 3GB
For an 8GB system, this is 7GB.
The reason being, it is best to leave at least 1GB available to the OS. If APP would be allowed to use all 4GB on a 4GB system, the OS would need to start swapping, which would degrade performance significantly of the entire system. (for systems wit the OS on a SSD drive instead of an older type drive, the problem is less big)
Do you think this is reasonable?
I could remove the cap along with a big warning and leave it to the user off course.

