I've been swapping around some hardware and noticed that no matter how much memory I add, the amount of 'free' memory stays at a very low amount no matter the amount of total memory that's installed. With 64 meg of memory, the free command or /proc/meminfo shows 64 meg total, and around 11 meg free. When I add a second 64meg dram, it shows 128 meg total, and around 11 meg free. Maxing out with what I have available for memory and using 256 meg, Linux shows the total of 256 meg, but again, in the neighborhood of 11 meg free. This is all with a 128 meg swap file that shows very low usage (<5%) in all cases. There's no apparent problems with Linux, X, KDE, running. However I downloaded a trial version of VMware to see what it was about, and no matter what OS I choose for a virtual machine, it says I can only use 12 meg of memory for it. This is true whether I have just 64 meg or the full 256 meg of physical memory installed. With the rest of the machine running fine I tend to think this is a problem with VMWare. I just am wondering if the comparitive low amount of free memory Linux reports regardless of total memory is normal, or if I have something tweaked wrong that is either tying up memory, or causing a false reading. Any ideas?
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