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RE: [LI] memory usage



linux is not windows.
using memory proves that linux makes good use of resources available on   
the system.
using memory is not a problem.
read the documentations and FAQ since all windows users are asking this   
question...

pascal

NB: linux uses almost ALL the memory as disks cache so memory always   
appear to be used.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Samir Agrawal [mailto:samira@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 6:04 PM
> To: linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [LI] memory usage
>
>
> hi people,
> I observed something rather strange with my system yesterday.
> it is a P-II 350Mhz with 64MB ram. 128 MB SWAP running 2.2.12 with
> some patches to do with the ext2fs file system meta data.
>
> there was hardly anything running on the machine but the
> memory usage was
> 57MB out of the main 64 MB and some 60 MB out of the 128 MB of swap.
>
> I rebooted the machine and the total memory usage is now just
> over 29MB.
>
> is anybody aware of any memory leaks in the 2.2.12 kernel.
> has anybody experienced any such problems before ?
>
> thanks
> samir
>
>
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