Linus Torvalds Switches Back To KDE

[JS987]

VIRT RES SHR %CPU %MEM COMMAND
1848m 218m 31m 0.3 2.8 gnome-shell

Considering that my workstation has 8GB, I think it's doing acceptably.

Only output from command free is relevant.

[Veerappan]

Only output from command free is relevant.

I guess I'm still doing ok, then..

         total          used          free           shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       8133108    3799604    4333504          0            145124    2006644
-/+ buffers/cache:    1647836    6485272
Swap:      8342524          0    8342524

[JS987]

I guess I'm still doing ok, then..

Your software is using 1647836 / 1024 = 1609 MB
Output from free is more exact after command
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

[droidhacker]

Your software is using 1647836 / 1024 = 1609 MB
Output from free is more exact after command
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

... or you could just use your brain and read the +/- buffers cache line.

[lsatenstein]

I have two dual core desktops, and one Netbook. I find that the desktops with 4 gigs of memory on each, there is no problem to use KDE. KDE uses quite a bit of resources, so much so that on my netbook with 1 gig of memory When I play freecell, The cards jitter across the screen, indicating a resource shortage. The Netbook has a dual core atom processor.

On the desktop, I use KDE for a while, but eventually I get tired and revert to G6 and I revert back. It is not supposed to be that way, but it is. If KDE had lower overhead, it would be outstanding.

G6 on the Netbook works fine, with good response time.