ColdWater@lemmy.ca to linux4noobsEnglish · 6 months agoKDE 1.5GB idle is this normal?lemmy.caimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down12
arrow-up123arrow-down1imageKDE 1.5GB idle is this normal?lemmy.caColdWater@lemmy.ca to linux4noobsEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareYurkshireLad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoIt is if the memory is held by the kernel for caching or buffering. Is it using an in memory swap file? If that’s even possible, I’m not sure.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agozram is in-memory swap, but it’s compressed/decompressed on the fly, so it shouldn’t take up a ton of room, and certainly not at idle.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI have no idea how that GUI thing measures memory usage, but if you run top in a terminal, it’ll show free, used by programs, and buffer/cache separately.
It is if the memory is held by the kernel for caching or buffering. Is it using an in memory swap file? If that’s even possible, I’m not sure.
zram is in-memory swap, but it’s compressed/decompressed on the fly, so it shouldn’t take up a ton of room, and certainly not at idle.
I have no idea how that GUI thing measures memory usage, but if you run top in a terminal, it’ll show free, used by programs, and buffer/cache separately.