Memory usage

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 23:14 +0300, Cristopher Thomas wrote:
> I'm not really sure how best to describe my problem, but I have a couple
> screenshots here that will hopefully help:
> 
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1028931/htopOnBoot.png
> 
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1028931/1DayLater.png
> 
> Both screenshots were taken with approximately the same programs
> running, with the exception that in the 1DayLater shot I was running
> DockbarX instead of Docky.  Looking at the Memory usage indicator at the
> top left, you can see that the numbers are pretty close.  However, the
> bar indicator in the second shot shows that significantly more memory is
> being used that in the first.  What I'm trying to figure out is where
> the discrepency is coming from.
> 
> Generally I only reboot my computer when an update has been installed
> that requires it.  However, since installing Maverick I've found that if
> I do that, after a few days the system starts slowing down and even
> freezing up occasionally.  Then I reboot and the cycle begins again.
> 
> Based on my limited understanding of how memory is used, it seems to me
> that instructions are being cached, but somehow that space is not being
> made available later.  That was probably gibberish, but if you have a
> better idea of what is happening, help would be greatly appreciated.


What's that Do.exe that is running by the way?





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