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Hey all,
When I try to check the amount of RAM I have free at a given time, it often occurs that top running in a terminal will say I ...
- 02-21-2006 #1Just Joined!
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memory disagreement between top and gnome system monitor
Hey all,
When I try to check the amount of RAM I have free at a given time, it often occurs that top running in a terminal will say I am using a whole lot more RAM than gnome-system-monitor says. Right now, for example, top claims I'm using 1.1GB, whereas gnome-system-monitor says ~250MB. I'm inclined to believe the latter based on the performance of the machine... as top has sometimes said my full 2GB is in use and she runs just as fast as ever.
Again, (seemingly) no effects on performance... just an annoyance.
Anyone know why?
- 02-22-2006 #2Linux Guru
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type free into a terminal and you'll see.
Linux memory managment caches a lot in memory as unused memory is wasted memory, but files and data that is cached is low priority, as in it can be immediatly overwritten if some active application needs the space.
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Got it. Thanks!
Interesting that I never noticed this before, though.
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