3GiB ram, gnome-system-monitor now says 2.9GiB

[J. Limon]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Liam Proven wrote:
>   
>> 2009/4/6 J. Limon <jlimon at eml.cc>:
>>
>>     
>>> Just for comparison, htop reports 3016MB.
>>>
>>> - J. Limon
>>>       
>> 3016MB *is* 2.9GB.
>>     
>
> NO!
>
> 3016 MB * 10^6 bytes/MB * 1 GB/10^9 bytes =
> 3.016 GB
>
> just like you would expect.  And
>
> 3016 MB * 10^6 bytes/MB * 1 GiB/2^30 bytes =
> 2.808 GiB
>
>   
>> 3GiB = 1024 * 3 = 3072MiB
>>     
>
> True so far.
>
>   
>> 3016/3072 = 2.9453125 = 2.9GiB
>>     
>
> Except, that's totally bogus.  Besides the fact that you obviously meant
> 1024, not 3072...
>
> If the quotient is in GiB, and the dividend is in MB.
>
> MB/? = GiB
> MB/GiB = ?
>
> So how many MB are there in a GiB, really?
>
> 1 GiB * 2^30 bytes/GiB * 1 MB/10^6 bytes = 1073.7 MB
>
> NOT 1024 MB.
>
> Matt Flaschen
>
>   

Well, if htop is reporting that I do indeed have over 3GiB installed, 
then why is gnome-system-monitor reporting a different number?

Then again, I've learned to have lowered expectations for that program 
over the years. (Hence why htop is installed at all..)

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