> sirius:~ $ free
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 515168 495068 20100 0 37104 196644
> -/+ buffers/cache: 261320 253848
> Swap: 996020 34824 961196
> sirius:~ $
>
> While this output really is a tad cryptic, the -/+ line shows what you
> actually are interested in.
thanks, everyone
not quite sure I understand the free output, but,
the web pages certainly render quicker with the additional RAM
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10:46pm up 2 days, 12:32, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
108 processes: 107 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 0.5% user, 0.5% system, 0.0% nice, 98.8% idle
Mem: 1023128K av, 990212K used, 32916K free, 0K shrd, 122904K buff
Swap: 522104K av, 32188K used, 489916K free 672328K
cached
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# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 1023128 993100 30028 0 122904 672468
-/+ buffers/cache: 197728 825400
Swap: 522104 32188 489916
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