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From: netcom@ix.netcom.com (Netcom user)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2 GAMMA 2/5 results in SWAP FULL?
Date: 13 Feb 1997 05:35:03 GMT
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>>hmmm...I'm running netscape, knews, xfmail, X/fvwm, xplaycd, 5 xterms, and
>>my Linux box shows a mere 312K used, I've recompile the kernel to take out
>>drivers I didn't need and decrease the number of users back down to 10
>>(from 50).
>
> The way linux and FreeBSD allocate swap are not the same. You might
> as well compare swap usage on a Win95 box with your linux box.
Not exactly, I'm comparing almost identical applications/X etc, on
two different Unix boxes, with one requiring almost twice the memory.
I understand they have different strategys, I just like to know where
my memory is being used (see other append on this thread with ps output)
It wasn't flame bait, I'm just trying to understand what is happening,
given its a GAMMA release I thought I show post my results.
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Tom Evans tjevans@hotmail.com