On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Anarky wrote:
> >Linux has ALWAYS used less memory per task than the Windows equivalent. The
> >problem is the way linux tells you what it is doing. Your machine always
> >appears to be lower in memory than it really is.
> >
> >
> but then linux must need more apps to simply run X than windows (i'm
> particularly thinking of older windows, like win98 & older linuxes ..
> now with 2k/xp .. I assume they're in a tie)... why would it be reporing
> using more than what it's using?
I believe this is referring to caching. Linux takes advantage of most of
your memory to speed up disk access, for example.
Jeremy C. Reed
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