Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

[Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com>]

On 10/09/2014, Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:59:29 +0800
> Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> At present, with 16GB of RAM, on this computer, and, "91% in use by
>> programs" and "8% in use as cache" (even though, I set cache off, in
>> each of the web browsers), it is a system riddled with bloatware, and,
>> like a cow with bloat, where it keeps getting bigger and bigger, it
>> needs for the gas to be released.
>
> What command gave you that 91% and 8% information? Are you by any
> chance using KDE? Do you have several VM hosts running?
>

I do not use kde (as the window manager or display manager, or,
however the functionality is named).

I use GNOME2 (on this computer - Debian 6).

The RAM usage information is from the GNOME 2 "System Monitor 2.30.0"
graphs applet in the panel.

> Here's my vmstat for my 16GB machine:
>
> slitt@mydesq2:~$ vmstat -S M
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io----
>  r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo
>  0  0      0   8313    607   4509    0    0    23    22
> slitt@mydesq2:~$ vmstat -S M -a
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io----
>  r  b   swpd   free  inact active   si   so    bi    bo
>  0  0      0   8313   3643   2201    0    0    23    22
> slitt@mydesq2:~$
>
> You'll notice I truncated the right hand output, in Vim, so it wouldn't
> wordwrap.
>
> SteveT
>


"
:~$ vmstat -S M
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
15  0   1725     88     85   1348    0    1     7    11    2    1 13  1 86  0
"


"
:~$ vmstat -S M -a
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free  inact active   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
12  0   1725     86   2194  13233    0    1     7    11    2    1 13  1 86  0
"



-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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