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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Linux doesn't seem to manage memory very well
Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 11:53:45 +0100
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On 01/05/2024 11:32, James Harris wrote:
> Not a question, just an observation.
> 
> I say that Linux doesn't seem to handle memory well because my laptop 
> had 8GB RAM (which, frankly, Windows seems to find perfectly adequate 
> for a similar workload). Under Linux the RAM would fill up and then swap 
> space would be used. Then the machine would become largely unresponsive 
> - e.g. taking minutes to switch between windows.
> 
> So I upgraded the RAM. It now has three times as much (i.e. 24GB)! But 
> even so, RAM has still steadily filled up until reaching the full 24GB. 
> What's more, it's now showing 4.8GB of swap space in use.
> 
> 
That's not Linux. That's a rogue program with a memory leak...

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