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   From: Laszlo Lebrun    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Memory management?   
   Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:37:36 -0500   
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   Blue wrote:   
   > On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:18:17 +0100, Xunil Resu wrote:   
   >    
   >> My Kubuntu pc has 384 mb RAM. After firing it up Kubuntu uses about 300 Mb   
   >> RAM and 17 Mb of the Swap memory, as reported by the KDE InfoCenter. Is   
   >> that much memory consumption normal?   
   >> By comparison, it's not a helluva lot less than my XP system with the AV   
   >> and firewall loaded, 230 Mb RAM (of 1 Gb) and 130 Mb of the Pagefile.   
   >>   
   > Ms Penguin here. You got memory, I'll use it, other wise why the heck did   
   > you buy it?   
   >    
   That's true.   
   Kubuntu (KDE) is however the heaviest of the Ubuntu desktops. If you    
   feel it swaps too much you may want to try the XFCE desktop, you don't    
   have to reinstall, just load it from Adept and chose your environment.   
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