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   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Memory management?   
   Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:39:15 -0600   
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   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?   
      
   I have 1Gb of physical memory and the command top says that it is almost   
   always used up even if I have only one programme open. (top is a CLI   
   command).    
      
      
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