Kubuntu Feisty using up all my 1.5gb of RAM...

[O. Sinclair]

Ronnie Tucker wrote:
> I had 512mb of RAM and recently stuck in a 1gb stick, so now I have 1.5gb of 
> RAM. Initially I thought Compiz Fusion was the culprit of using up all my 
> RAM, not so.
> 
> KSysGuard reports that of my 1.5gb of RAM, 1.4GB is used and i'm using a 33mb 
> swapfile. The swapfile was enabled when i only had the 512mb of RAM.
> 
> But after a log out/in and NOT running Compiz Fusion, i'm still using up 1.3gb 
> of RAM...
> 
> Surely KDE, on initial boot, shouldn't use all that RAM?
> And in KSysGuard nothing seems to be running amok... very odd...
> 
> Any help on this would be greatly appreciated folks... i need all my RAM for 
> Compiz Fusion!   ;D
I am not an expert but if I remember correct from earlier discussions 
that is how Linux, not KDE or Gnome, deals with RAM. It takes it all so 
to speak and then uses it. A 33 Mb swapfile seems like a fantastic 
overkill since normal recommendation is swap=size of memory or double if 
you want to use suspend/hibernate.

Sinclair