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

[Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk>]

On 09/09/14 19:42, Bzzzz wrote:
> Normally, if you _really_ reach the system RAM limit, init begins
> killing the least used programs/daemons (well, this WAS true with
> a good init, such as the sysV one…)

First, the OOM Killer is part of the kernel, not part of the init 
system. Second, it doesn't start killing processes until you run out of 
RAM *and swap*.