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Subject: Re: Memory Question
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:01:19 +0100, Colin J. Raven
<colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> wrote:
> Is there something I can do in order to "optimize" - which in this case
> paradoxically would seem to mean "reduce" the amount of free memory?

Run more processes that do interesting things. Your top output looks
fairly normal for a machine that's freshly rebooted and/or not
terribly busy.

Bryan