Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: James Harris Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux doesn't seem to manage memory very well Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 15:01:08 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 16:01:08 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="99d5fd730d26cbf37522df16daa5f91f"; logging-data="4079719"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX194UXAvaH9IotL+uTF7DDIp6orEpfS/O0M=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ixMDH+yzyD5tMDOPKLG1Pp1AZUI= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1832 On 01/05/2024 21:42, Kenny McCormack wrote: > In article , > Lew Pitcher wrote: >> On Wed, 01 May 2024 11:32:18 +0100, James Harris wrote: >> >>> Not a question, just an observation. > ... >> >> So, if you want help, how about providing some details. > > OP was pretty clear that he was *not* seeking help. Correct. I don't want to overtax the expert assistance that's clearly available from posters to this newsgroup and would rather ask for help relatively rarely, so I am not looking (at least, yet!) for a solution. My point, in this thread, was, instead, to comment on what I perceive to be an OS-design issue - a long-term interest. -- James Harris