mark52230 Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Hmm I was messing about with gnome panels and such and turned on the system monitor panel.. It says 55% memory in use.. What?!?! I have 512mb ram and half is in use when all I've got running is amsn and firefox? I mean windows isn't that bad :huh: Do you really need more memory? Oh and by the way I'm running Mandrake 10 CE.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eevoo Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 I believe linux takes advantage of all the RAM possible, so unless you just power on your RAM usage will always seem very big. I am not positive about this, but that is what mine always says. Also your running more than just amsn and firefox, most likely your running all the other damons that run at startup by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Yeah, Windows XP is like that too. Pretty much all of the modern OSes do this. It may seem like RAM is full, but you can start Photoshop, a big video editor, 10 browser windows, and whatever else and just keep going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemical Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 with mdk 10 you are probably r unning several services that you dont know of im running gentoo and gnome 2.6, im only using 96/512 ram.. but i also dont run any un-needed services Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezza Veteran Posted April 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2004 Linux handles the freeing of RAM differently to windows. When a program exits, its memory space isn't immediately released and emptied, its tagged as no longer in use. Then if you fire up the same app again, it's still mostly in memory, so it starts up very quickly. Or if you fire up another app which needs that memory, it notices that the memory is tagged as no longer being used so it wipes it and puts the new app in memory. At least, thats what I think happens. Roughly. Ish. Its probably not exactly right, though. Basically, Its normal, and nothing to worry about, and you don't need more ram to run linux than other operating systems. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimon Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 i got 512 and i got onboard gfx its run pritty good but i want another 512 chip that i can set it up for Daul Chanle.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daem0hn Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 i got 256 with 1gig swap most of my 256 is used, like 200, but ihave gnome 2.6 with gdesklets and constantly refreshing game servers and stuff :p so its understandable - still runs fine tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 I have 1.5GB of memory and 500M swap. The machine runs so smoothly, I don't think I've ever used any of that swap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornett Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 I have Fedora core 2 running with 100mb used out of 512. Pagefile very rarely gets touched. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blachole Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 I got 1.5gb DDR. Runs smoother then a baby's ass. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougkinzinger Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 1GB of PC1066 Rambus. Danged expensive stuff. But worth it. Course, DDR is faster now, anyway. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmunky Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 512Mb DDR ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr_Terror Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 i have ddr1024 and gentoo is using 128mb right now(firefox+gaim on gnome) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 I'm on 128Mb DDR :cry: ...one of these days gonna upgrade it to 512Mb or 1Gb if I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Heh, I have 192MB of PC133. While I may have more than you it's slower than a sloth on tranquilizers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisArr Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 I am running 384MB PC100 and it works fine. A little slower than XP with the same amount, but there's nothing wrong with the performance that I am getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I have 512 mb, in a dualchannel 256mb x2 manner. Linux is nicer with my RAM then windows; I only the use the swap file once in a bajillion years (And I know I'm not using it, because my swap is on a different drive, so when it gets used, I can hear the drive turning on!) But then again, I'm a little beyond 'minimalistic'. I love Fluxbox... its soooo fast... and doesn't have a memory footprint, it practically has a memory toeprint. :rolleyes: :laugh: Yes, I run Fluxbox on a 2.4 Ghz P4. Be afraid. Ph34r t3h 5p33d. :devil: :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted April 20, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 20, 2004 Errrr.. Is this a poll? :blink: I have 512MB, nothing fancy on a Athlon 1600 (running at 1200MHz). I run full KDE fine, with no need to select a lighter Window Manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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