In short: that's normal, and shouldn't cause your machine to be slow -
unless it's starved of RAM, in which case the solution is to get more
RAM, not to cache less.
Here's some sample output from my machine right now:
poll...@andromeda:~$ free
total used free shared
Hi Slugger's
It appears I need a lesson in Linux and memory management.
If you could treat this request as if coming from a complete numpty
please, and simply explain the differences between Cached, Buffered and
Application Memory as they pertain to Linux?
According to KDE SysGuard, my CentO
