This certainly isn't any sort of answer to your question but does anyone
know of hand if Linux frees shared code (libraries, maybe fonts) as soon
as there is no code using it or does it wait until the memory is
actually needed). i did look through some of the loader code and
discussions about Linu
Thanks for the reply.
One other question I have isat what point does linux
remove a program or its parts from memory after you have
unloaded (closed) the programs in order to make use of that
memory for other programs?
Do you know where I can find more information on this? I
haven't been a
Hi. I'm not that clear on how Linux uses and organizes memory
if anyone can provide some insight or other references. I'm
using Debian Linux off the CD with the 2.0.30 kernel and no
problems are noticed. Below are the results from 'free'
with notes on which applications I have started. Obvio
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