Memory usage

[Cristopher Thomas]

On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 23:37 +0200, Ioannis Vranos wrote: 
> Perhaps that's the culprit application. If not someone else suggests
> something better, try disabling it as a test.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 23:45 +0300, Cristopher Thomas wrote:
> > 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:
> > >>
> > >> 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?
> 

Over the past week I've tried disabling a few different applications
that I thought likely culprits.  Gnome Do, Zeitgeist, offlineimap,
Dropbox... Still no luck.

Oddly enough, I've also noticed that swap isn't being used at all, which
seems weird.
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