Viewing memory usage

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Daz
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Viewing memory usage

#1 Post by Daz »

How can I see the memory usage? I tried installing an applet that was supposed to go in the tray and display that but it never appeared; even after a restart. Is there any terminal command I could use?
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davidA
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#2 Post by davidA »

Hello Daz:

Would 'free' (without the quotes) be what you are looking for?
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#3 Post by Daz »

Oh yes it is. Thank you.
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#4 Post by alienjeff »

"top" from the command line will also display memory usage and much more. Specific to memory, "top" also shows cached memory, which Puppy's "free" (or BusyBox version thereof) doesn't.
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