[KLUG Members] KDE/Mandrake question

[Bryan-TheBS-Smith]

Patrick Stockton wrote:
> I do have one question though.  When I ask for a process listing it is filled
> with instances of kdeinit.  At this moment I'd there are 15 instances of it
> running.  Anybody know what kdeinit is used for?  Is it normal to have tons
> of instances running at the same time?

Most KDE processes will be child processes of kdeinit.  That's
probably why you are seeing them.  It should be noted that the
memory usage listed for each process is probably just for all
instances.

I personally cannot believe people who try to look at memory usage
and don't realize this.  They just _assume_ that much memory is
really being used (when it is not).  Heck the new StarOffice 6.0
beta reviews that say it is bloated.

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