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Re: [opensuse] Re: RAM
- From: Kenneth Schneider <suse-list3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:25:54 -0400
- Message-id: <1190399154.15995.26.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 13:12 -0500, Jeremy Figgins wrote:
> I've seen a lot of "top" output thrown around on this topic and a bunch
> of people have touched on this issue, but let me ask this question:
>
> I'm sitting right now in front of my 1gig machine. I have my normal set
> of apps open: firefox, thunderbird, konsole, etc. How can I tell if I
> would benefit from additional RAM? What command and what output do I
> need to pay attention to?
free is a good command to use. If you notice a lot of swap being used
often then that would be a good indication of needing more ram.
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Ken Schneider
UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
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> I've seen a lot of "top" output thrown around on this topic and a bunch
> of people have touched on this issue, but let me ask this question:
>
> I'm sitting right now in front of my 1gig machine. I have my normal set
> of apps open: firefox, thunderbird, konsole, etc. How can I tell if I
> would benefit from additional RAM? What command and what output do I
> need to pay attention to?
free is a good command to use. If you notice a lot of swap being used
often then that would be a good indication of needing more ram.
--
Ken Schneider
UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
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