Memory use question

audiodef · Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject: Memory use question

I just ran a system monitor and it tells me that the system is using 38% of the memory for programs and 50% for cache.

Are these numbers normal? Do I want half my RAM used as cache? Is this best for the fastest program execution?
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timeBandit · Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:13 pm Post subject:

Moved from Kernel & Hardware to Duplicate Threads.
See Linux Memory Management or 'Why is there no free RAM?'
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