From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 09:15:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 359C516A4CE for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:15:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from t-x.dignus.nl (t-x.dignus.nl [83.219.88.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDF4E43D53 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:15:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost.dignus.nl [127.0.0.1]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id 9862C28649; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:15:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (cjr-home [62.251.72.148]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id C60C8287F5; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 08:57:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (localhost.kozy-kabin.nl [127.0.0.1]) by kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2577A6230; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 08:57:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (colin@localhost)j0E7vWiE053714; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 08:57:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 08:57:32 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" To: Eric F Crist In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050114085223.O802@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> References: <20050113204937.D802@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by RemSPAMd at ph230.plushosting.nl cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Memory Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:15:02 -0000 > > If you want to be made fun of, this is the type of question that will push > you in that direction (references 'Thanks You!' thread). ;) Your colleague > is probably running more applications/services than you, which is why he has > less available memory. To use up some of that memory, simply start up some > more applications. Eric; Thanks! :) It *was* a serious well intentioned question, I just had no clue what to make of the top output. Unix sort of handles things differently than Windows memory-wise, and only having had access to older lower powered *nix machines previously, I wasn't used to seeing stats such as I posted. The question was answered in the thread though I gotta say. Your point is well taken however, and your quiet cautionary note is well understood. Thanks for taking the time to warn me against stuff like this. (It's really hard to begin to know where to start learning some of this stuff sometimes!!) Kind Regards, -Colin