On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: > I am running Mandrake 7.1 and KDE and being a newbie am just starting > to look at top. I know that both x and KDE are memory hogs, but I > need them for now as I learn my way around. Even so, I cannot believe > that with nothing on but these two and a kconsole, I am using up 73 MB > of ram! First of all, open up top again. When it starts, press the 'M' key (caps necessary). This will sort the display by memory usage. That printout is more useful than the other one (because that was sorted by processor usage, not RAM usage). Anyway, what are you using this machine for? A server? A workstation? Do you need printing? Remote web-based administration? Sound? USB support? And how much RAM do you have? And how much swap space do you have? Answer the questions, and I'll give you help! -- Asheesh Laroia.
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