On Saturday 02 February 2002 02:16, marvin wrote: > KDE seems to take a lot of memory. > > I have a 128MB machine, it`s a pure workstation with no servers. > Mandrake 8.1, KDE 2.2.1. I have :- > > Once it`s booted up and I use top, I see 120MB in use and 4.6MB swap > used. > > Yes, I know ram is cheap but I`m wondering why so much ram is used.
Short answer: Linux always uses all the RAM you have on your system. Whatever is available is used for caching. Don't worry about it. Anyone feel like giving the long answer? -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC All in all, you're just another brick in the wall- Pink Floyd
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