On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 17:23 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to have some information about memory usage and how to > improve it. > > First, I have a PowerBook under Debian, with 256 MB RAM (physical > memory) and 512 MB swap. As this machine often swaps, I did some > tests, doing the sum Mem used + Swap used with the "top" command: > > Booting and logging in ... 184 MB (main daemons + apache2 + innd + spamd)
Presumably, you *need* apache2 & innd running on a /laptop/? > Stopping spamd daemon .... 148 MB > Starting X (Xorg) ........ 231 MB (fvwm2 + ROX-Filer + Liferea + 3 xterm) This is a bit misleading, since it is my understanding that X will map video RAM, and thus it will seem like X is using more than it really is. > Exec emacs / quit ........ 241 MB > Firefox with 28 tabs ..... 251 MB > Exec emacs / quit ........ 247 MB Anything else you can kill? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper." Rod Serling -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
