Re: Strip down my sarge laptop
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 07:05:59AM -0400, Jaroneski wrote:
> What kernel and other things can I get rid of to reduce its ram usage?
Just to clarify: while you might be looking at the output of, eg
'top' and saying to yourself 'Sheesh...where'd all my RAM go?', you
should know that Linux uses RAM a little differently than eg
Windows.
This[0] thread has a good explanation; basically, Linux will cache
as much as it can in RAM -- which means there's no 'free' RAM. That
*doesn't* mean you have too little RAM, necessarily. It just means
that your RAM is being used well.
[0]http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/11/msg00396.html
A program like free (1) will help you tell how much is being cached
in RAM...
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