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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Apple requires too much money and sacrifice of control
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 17:10:21 -0700
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On 2025-04-04 17:08, Joel wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>> https://i.imgur.com/bNZVr8U.png
>>>>
>>>> You've just shown that you DO NOT need 32GB of RAM...
>>>>
>>>> (and that Linux isn't smart enough to count RAM in base-2).
>>>
>>> https://i.imgur.com/4jItMI0.png
>>>
>>> As you can see, today, I have puked out a little into swap.
>>
>> Dude: give it up.
>>
>> You've got 33.5 decimal gigabytes of RAM.
>>
>> 19.2GB is in use with the other 14.3GB used for cache.
>>
>> And 3.7MB...
>>
>> ...one HUNDREDTH of one percent of it...
>>
>> ...is swapped out...
>>
>> ...and you think that's a solid argument?
>>
>> Linux has 14.3GB used for caching and for some reason chooses to swap a
>> tiny, TINY fraction of data rather than use a little less for cache...
>>
>> ...and you think you're proving something good?
> 
> 
> So let me get this straight, your argument is that cache isn't
> actually needed?
I'm arguing that you've yet to show your system actually using close to 
all the RAM you say you need.