Apparently, though unproven, at 12:37 on Sunday 19 September 2010, Al did opine thusly:
> > free -m > > total used free shared buffers cached > > Mem: 3754 3588 165 0 57 258 > > 3588 of 3754 is free, AFAIK not used at all. Plug off 3500 and sell it. > > If your system is slow maybe from managing all that unusued memory. ;-) > > Al I think someone needs to go study how linux memory management works, and what buffers and cache really are RULE NUMBER ONE OF LINUX MEMORY: SUPERFICIAL UTILITIES LIKE free WILL *ALWAYS* REPORT ALMOST ALL MEMORY IN USE. REASON: IT *IS* IN USE. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
