Clear the computer's memory?

[Karl Goetz]

Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Is there a way to clear the RAM? Say I run a lot of memory hogging
> applications like OpenOffice, GIMP and Firefox (yes, Firefox). My
> computer slows to a crawl, and I want to bring it back to a more
> pristine state without rebooting, so I close some of the worst
> offenders, but the RAM usage remains pretty high (how can my computer
> need 1GB of RAM???). I'd like to clear up as much RAM memory as is safe.
> Is there a way to do this?
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel.

FWIW, when i had Firefox, Thunderbird and Gaim open i could use 512mb of
ram, and almost a gig of swap in under 7 days, then even closing all 3
wouldnt restore all my memory - they can be a bit memory hungry im afraid.
Just one of the things you have to put up with i suppose
kk

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