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2010-03-12
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pkill command
kill the process you like with PID.
kill the process you like with PID.
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2010-03-12
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run "top" on your XTerminal and then use "kill <pid>" to kill a process of your choice. For some, you might need to have root access...
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2010-03-12
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ah, so no super command to free up any memory thats being used up uselessly.
thanks for the rplkies guys. ill have to keep "kill" in mind and figure out what i need to kill.
thanks for the rplkies guys. ill have to keep "kill" in mind and figure out what i need to kill.
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2010-03-12
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Originally Posted by wakkamis
why do you want to keep your memory free? its bit like buying a ferrari and keeping it in garage forever....
ah, so no super command to free up any memory thats being used up uselessly.
thanks for the rplkies guys. ill have to keep "kill" in mind and figure out what i need to kill.
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2010-03-12
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think of the memory as oil. if the oil is dirty or low (fragments of memory being used by programs you thought were closed) the car starts running bad and making funny noises(other programs you are running start to skip or freeze).
i enjoy my ferrari, i just want to keep it running well.
i enjoy my ferrari, i just want to keep it running well.
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2010-03-12
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Originally Posted by wakkamis
The OS cannot identify pages as being "used up uselessly" nor could any command. A page is in use until the process that is using it is terminated.
no super command to free up any memory thats being used up uselessly.
90% of the time sluggish behavior is less from memory usage and more from cpu/disk usage. I've found it tends to be the background daemons like the mail daemon, tracker, and the thumbnailer.
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2010-03-12
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wakkamis: RAM (memory) on the N900 (or any Linux system) does not work the way you think. It really doesn't. There's no reason to worry about dirty RAM.
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-- Metalayer-crawler delenda est.
-- Current state: Fed up with everything MeeGo.
At times my n900 feels slugish. And I dont feel like rebooting everytime.
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