help me out!!ram prob!
 

my ram usage from 151-239@ how can it be so high??!

Re: help me out!!ram prob!
 

(I feel like a tape player today!! - all the same questions :) )

Can you go into x-terminal and type
then press enter

(Use the volume rocker to make smaller/larger on screen)
Then screenshot it and post it up here.
Use ctrl+Shift+P to screenshot, the file will be stored in images/screenshots.

It should give information on what processes are using how much ram :)

Re: help me out!!ram prob!
 

the conky screenshot
http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/8...0110422351.png


after 'top'
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3...0110423235.png

Re: help me out!!ram prob!
 

Linux ram usage is always high, it doesn't put most of it in swap (virtual memory) like Windows.

This is how linux is designed to work, which is why it is always quicker at doing stuff than Windows.

Re: help me out!!ram prob!
 

Well apparently i feel my debian distro utilises much much lesser Ram than its win32 cousin.

Re: help me out!!ram prob!
 

[citation needed]

Re: help me out!!ram prob!
 

Really, the main difference between windows and linux memory usage is that it's hard to get 'individual' or 'correct' on linux.
Thing is, on linux most everything shares libraries - bits of code - between multiple programs. So, if you have three programs all using the same 1mb library, what's using the memory?
On windows, generally programs are self contained packages, and things (seem) to be a bit less cloudy.

Just take it that "linux works this way" and ignore it unless you are doing relative comparisons.