On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 12:09:51 +0100, hamis...@live.co.uk said: > Using htop in that way seems to show processes that aren't currently > running any more - like previous invocations of firefox, in the stats. > Is that expected?
Not expected nor correct. htop shows processes that exist in the process table. Those processes may be running, runnable, waiting on IO, sleeping or a number of other states. Regardless of state, they will be using some memory, although that memory may be virtual. -- Linux Tips: https://www.tiger-computing.co.uk/category/techtips/ -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-10-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
