Is workspace use system memory

[Fred Roller]

On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 08:35 +0530, jiten jha wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>                    I want to know that if I am using 4 workspace and
> run 4 different application . Then my pc performance is getting slow
> or not .
> 
> Like  
>          workspace one I am using eclipes and java .
>          workspace two I am using firefox , vlc  and other
> application.
>          workspace three I am using mail client like gmila,
> thunderbird , pidgin , some more application.
>          workspace four  I am using development software and
> development related application , services.
>          
> Then my pc performance getting slow or not. If yes then what sept I
> follow then my pc  performance get good.  
> 

In a terminal run:
	top

right click the top bar and select:
	Always on visible work space

and watch your performance.  If you use alot of swap (see below) then
you may need to use less programs or get more RAM. 

top:
Tasks: 169 total,   2 running, 167 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu0  :  2.2%us,  3.6%sy,  0.4%ni, 93.9%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,
0.0%st
Cpu1  :  0.6%us,  9.6%sy,  0.3%ni, 89.4%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,
0.0%st
Mem:   3731452k total,  3335668k used,   395784k free,   166612k buffers
Swap:  7815612k total,        0k used,  7815612k free,  1089936k cached
                              ^^^
notice mem is almost taxed but still hasn't used swap.  I do the same as
you, 4 desktops running upwards of a dozen programs at times.  Hope this
helps.
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Fred R.
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