if you load GIMP again you should see that it loads much faster then when it did the first time, that's because of all the cache Linux is using.
On the register there is a story about the AthlonXP 2000+ vs. P4 2200Mhz (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23845.html) One of his tests is to see how long GIMP takes to load, he also tests how long it takes to load after it has been closed. this is a good illustration of how caching is used -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Frans Ketelaars Sent: 28 January 2002 23:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Ram .. Where is it going ?? Last Sunday there was a post from Steve Flynn about 'unused memory': ---------------------------- As for seeing all of you memory in Use under Linux, this is perfectly normal, and it a GOOD thing - Linux uses as much memory as it can to cache stuff, to improve response time. Unused memory is wasted memory in Unix parlance. If any programs request memory which is being used for buffering or cache, then it will be released by the kernel and given to the requsting task. ---------------------------- -Frans
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