Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 00:36:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: rknebel@csrlink.net Cc: FreeBSD questions mailinglist <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: memory Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971023003533.2144I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19971018094759.31730@my.domain>
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On Sat, 18 Oct 1997 rknebel@csrlink.net wrote: > Hi, > I am somewhat new to the unix world but have freebsd and redhat linux setup > on my home computer. > My setups are almost identical. Accelerated X, tkdesk, afterstep, and > netscape version 4. > When I have all of the above running and look at, top my memory and cpu usage > is about 20% lower with freebsd version 2.2.2 than with redhat 4.2. > I was just curious if there is something about freebsd that would account > for this difference ie the way it assigns or uses memory. > I have 64 megs of ram and a cyrix 150 proccesor with a matrox mill video > card with 4 megs of memory. The meat is probably in the OS-related details and how memory is counted. We'd have to see the whole process load on both machines to make a comparison with any semblance of reason. Linux and FreeBSD have radically different architectures, so a direct comparison isn't easily made. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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