@Dave@lemmy.nz to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 year agoSystem requirements for me and not for theelemmy.nzimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11file-text
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minus-square@miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year agoIt’s already been explained elsewhere, but the cache can be free, as needed - that’s how linux works. There’s 57+ GB available ram, yet.
minus-square@Dave@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilink1•1 year agoYip, got that now. I misunderstood, as it’s different to Windows, which shows cached memory as free since it’s available to apps as needed.
minus-square@Lifter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink1•1 year agoYou could probably configure your system monitor to show available memory - that is memory available given that cache can be dropped - rather than free memory that should always be as close to zero as possible.
It’s already been explained elsewhere, but the cache can be free, as needed - that’s how linux works.
There’s 57+ GB available ram, yet.
Yip, got that now. I misunderstood, as it’s different to Windows, which shows cached memory as free since it’s available to apps as needed.
You could probably configure your system monitor to show available memory - that is memory available given that cache can be dropped - rather than free memory that should always be as close to zero as possible.