Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It seems to me that my computer is using way too much memory then it is
> supposed to. According to /proc/meminfo it seems to be using over 200M
> with only gnome-multi-terminal and lyx with no documents running. Is
> this normal?
Yes. Linux is lazy and does not bother to reclaim the memory freed
during normal system operation until some other application actually
needs it.
Basically, the reclaimable memory is under "buffered" and "cache"
in your output. Subtract those from "used" to calm down.
> total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
> Mem: 263122944 216059904 47063040 0 33796096 136880128
There is a useful little utility called free(1). Here is the output on
my computer:
$ free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 513800 505028 8772 0 35184 342640
-/+ buffers/cache: 127204 386596
Swap: 521600 0 521600
The "used" and "free" values in the second line are the ones that
matter. They are obtained from the values in the first line by
subtracting and adding (buffers+cache), respectively.
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Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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