Re: Memory question

> The "used" figure in Top doesn't really tell you anything,
> since it includes
> the kernel buffer which tries to take up all available
> memory.  If you
> actually look at the list of processes, I think you'll find
> that you're only
> using 1-2% of memory for applications.
>
> I'm not sure what app would show your "real" free memory.

The command 'free' shows what you like to know:
$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers
cached
Mem:       1551480    1505656      45824          0     101400
1015540
-/+ buffers/cache:     388716    1162764
Swap:       524264      23088     501176

The used/free amounts on the second line are the interesting ones in
this case.

Arjen