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On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Is this difference because 64 bit programs use more memory, maybe they are |
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> larger than 32 bit programs? Just curious. I notice that Seamonkey uses |
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> more and KDE's plasma-desktop uses more. Those are generally the biggest |
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> users. |
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How are you measuring memory-use? If your system has more RAM the |
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system will tend to cache a lot more stuff - linux doesn't like to let |
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RAM go to waste. |
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Probably best to compare individual processes across archs - and not |
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overall memory use. |
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