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Re: debian-5.0.3 on ThinkPad A21e : dude, where's my RAM ?



On Sat,14.Nov.09, 00:21:58, Ionreflex wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've just installed a fresh debian on an old IBM ThinkPad A21e (see cpuz
> info in attachement) and I'm kinda bedazzled - in the wrong sense! - at how
> much an idle system seems to hog RAM : out of 256, half of it is always
> used...

If the system is idle than you don't really need the RAM, don't you?  
Watch the swap usage, because it's a better indicator.

Regards,
Andrei
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