On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 09:57:30PM +0100, James Burke wrote:
> I know linux should use all the available memory but it should be swapping
> with just a few applications running.
You're right, but I think you typed the opposite of what you meant. It
SHOULD be swapping, because Linux by default swaps out unused programs to
free up RAM in case a new program (or some data) needs space. The swapped
program is not removed from actual RAM, so if you call upon it there's no
additional delay. Note that thus, RAM+swap is NOT always the amount of
"memory usage".
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