• Toolz
  • #! Die-hard
  • Offline
  • From: Asia
  • Registered: 2009-02-02
  • Posts: 937

Topic: Getting 'proper' figure for memory used

I've been investigating memory usage on a few distros lately - on Crunchbang I'm fine thanks to the conky readout and on most *buntu distros I've got System Monitor - these give me the same 'proper' figure - generally a couple hundred megabytes. I've tried to find a lighter way that will work on any distro but all those I've tried use a different measurement, indicating that most of my memory is being used. Those I've tried are:

free -m
vmstat
cat /proc/meminfo
top

Anyone got any suggestions for getting the 'proper' (ie lower) figures? I'd be interested in a light GUI app that had graphing too!

  • From: California, USA
  • Registered: 2008-11-29
  • Posts: 8,647

Re: Getting 'proper' figure for memory used

When you run "free -m", if you look at the line "-/+ buffers/cache" you will see your lower figure.

http://www.zwixy.com/images/1296841357200909151253022383646x443scrot.png

Note: ** Please read before posting **

BTW if you wish to contact me, send me an e-mail instead of a PM.
  • Toolz
  • #! Die-hard
  • Offline
  • From: Asia
  • Registered: 2009-02-02
  • Posts: 937

Re: Getting 'proper' figure for memory used

I do believe you're right!

  • Awebb
  • #! Die-hard
  • Offline
  • Registered: 2009-07-23
  • Posts: 2,478

Re: Getting 'proper' figure for memory used

Toolz wrote:

I do believe you're right!

Believe it or not, I googled the crap out of the interwebz and in the end I found out by myself. Is it so hard to give me a real RAM usage? I will now leave Linux and go back to using my Abacus. You, the linux community have 24 hours to fix this or I will set off the bomb. You'll never find it in time.

I'm so meta, even this acronym