On Jan 3, 2006, at 9:03 PM, R. D. Preston wrote: > I've been seeing the Wired and Active categories remain relatively > the same, > but the Inactive has grown to the point of only a smidgen of Free > remaining, > a number of times. > > After continuous hours of d/l operation, is this contributing to > the changes I see? > I usually just log out when the 'puter is idle.
Probably. Here's an experiment you can do to watch the system use memory. Open a terminal window and run top. Watch what happens when you move a big file from one place to another. You should see the free memory drop dramatically and then come back up again more slowly. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
