Great link Graham. I actually could not stop reading until i ran out of article. This one actually explains it. Cheers Szemir
On September 5, 2004 04:11, Graham Monk wrote: > On Saturday 04 September 2004 21:34, Curtis Sloan wrote: > > I've got 256MB RAM, which is not as much as I'd like, but adequate for > > what I do. However... > > > > In Windows 98 SE, I get a crappy kernel, an ugly and unreliable > > shell/window manager and even with a software host-based firewall and > > sound card utilities loaded I have 83% "system resources available" (bear > > with me, I'm not going for specifics just yet). > > > > With Slackware Linux 10.0 (custom compiled 2.6.7-mm7 w/ voluntary preempt > > kernel) I get a great kernel, a good shell, a decent windowing > > environment, and a proper window manager. With the same bare minimums > > loaded, I have 50% memory left available after booting (and that's just > > using Blackbox; I'll leave KDE alone for the moment). > > > > The rough testing so far: > > > > I've booted to single user mode and loaded sound, and I've got roughly > > 75-80% free. That's okay. As soon as I load X, though, we're back to > > 50%. > > > > Even if I just boot to multiuser without X, it's the same issue. All > > that's loaded is syslogd, etc. No extra services (no servers, etc. -- > > it's a client box) and only the necessary modules. > > > > What is taking all this RAM (and not usually giving it back, at least not > > right away)? > > > > I can post details if anyone's interested. Just thought there might be a > > few "have you tried this?" ideas first. > > > > Thanks, > > Curtis > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Does this explain it? > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=175419 > > Graham > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
