[SATLUG] Memory Usage w/64 bit

[Daniel J. Givens]

On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:53:45 +0000, "Kase Saylor" <h_oudini at hotmail.com> wrote:
> When I run top (with just KDE running) I see that well over 600 meg of memory 
> is being used. Is this common? Is it that the 64-bit versions of apps have a
> larger "footprint"?

I ran Ubuntu x86-64 for a long time, but took a chance with x86 and noticed a considerable drop in memory use. As a comparison, here's what I've got right now running Ubuntu x86 w/ Gnome, Gaim, Gnome-RDP, Exaile!, multiple gterms, and VMWare Server w/ three VMs running.

$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1035564     998448      37116          0     209280     486520
-/+ buffers/cache:     302648     732916
Swap:      4345540      34772    4310768

So there you go.