memory usage

[Henrik Farre]

Yello

On Tue, 09 Apr 2002 11:58:22 -0400
"r. may" <mayro@earthlink.net> wrote:

> How do I find out how much memory my system is actually using?  I've run
> some of the monitor applets and I'm told that over 90% of my ram is
> being used.  I have 640Mb of ram so I shouldn't be using over 90% when
> I've just loaded gnome, right?  Otherwise something is really wrong
> here, and yes I do have the high memory stuff in my kernel.

You can see how much memory each app is using with top. And there is
nothing wrong with linux using 90% of your ram, it is used for buffers.
Don't you think it's nice to run a OS that uses your ram? :)


-- 
Mvh. / Kind regards 
Henrik Farre < enrique AT obel DOT auc DOT dk >
- If I were God, I would recompile the penguin with --enable-flying.