[KLUG Members] free command

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>>I execute free before running a memory hog of a program.  Then after
>>exiting the program, I have less free memory then before starting it. Does
>>this mean that there is a problem with the program freeing memory, or is it
>>that the kernel assuming you may use the exact same files again and not 
>>showing the space as free?
>>The program in question is the gimp.
>Here is a god explanation of what your seeing....
>   http://www.linuxbrit.co.uk/tips/#mem_usage

So God isn't dead? And now he's under the guise of a tech-writer!


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