Memory usage

[Cristopher Thomas]

Gnome Do, I believe.

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 23:37, Ioannis Vranos
<cppdeveloper at ontelecoms.gr> wrote:
> 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:
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>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1028931/htopOnBoot.png
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>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1028931/1DayLater.png
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>> 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.
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> What's that Do.exe that is running by the way?
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