http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/07/27/check-your-free-memory-with-free/ News, Tips, and How-Tos for Ubuntu Linux Tue, 01 May 2012 21:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/07/27/check-your-free-memory-with-free/#comment-58225 Daniel Fri, 01 May 2009 01:44:41 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/07/27/check-your-free-memory-with-free/#comment-58225 Exactly what I was looking for, thank you both. Exactly what I was looking for, thank you both.

]]> http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/07/27/check-your-free-memory-with-free/#comment-35367 Beeker Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:33:18 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/07/27/check-your-free-memory-with-free/#comment-35367 It's important to know what 'buffer' and 'cache' are used for; the cache is data that's been read from the disk and may be used again (think of how quickly 'find' runs when you run it the second time) and the 'buffer' is data that needs to be written to disk but is also being kept in memory for quick access. Think of edits made to a graphics file, for example. It’s important to know what ‘buffer’ and ‘cache’ are used for; the cache is data that’s been read from the disk and may be used again (think of how quickly ‘find’ runs when you run it the second time) and the ‘buffer’ is data that needs to be written to disk but is also being kept in memory for quick access. Think of edits made to a graphics file, for example.

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