XFCE memory consuming?

[Alexander Toresson]

On 10/16/07, larry <larry.jef at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 07:37 +0200, Tino Keitel wrote:
>
> > Totally off-topic, but:
> >
> > free -m | grep bufffer
>
> Thank you. I'm just trying to find the reason of the fact..
>
> I am running xubuntu feisty fawn with xfce 4.4. The system occupies all
> my ram. Is it normal?
>

Yes, linux uses as much ram as possible for buffers and caches. This
memory can quickly be freed if it's needed for applications. The
command Tino gave you will show how much ram the applications use, and
doesn't include buffers or caches.

// Alexander Toresson