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Posted: **Sun 13 Jan 2013, 18:14**

I have searched the web and forum and haven't found a straightforward answer to this question. I am adding programs to Precise Puppy but want to make sure I am staying less than the 500 MB I have for RAM. I am running Precise off of a USB Flash Drive. What is the easiest way to determine how much RAM my configuration of Puppy is utilizing? Thanks in advance.

Cecil

Posted: **Sun 13 Jan 2013, 18:26**

If you are running your puppy, just type into the cosole:

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free

Result here is:

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sh-4.1# free
              total         used         free       shared      buffers
  Mem:      1554556      1498412        56144            0       380476
 Swap:      4157436            0      4157436
Total:      5711992      1498412      4213580
sh-4.1#

Second result here is, after flushing the RAM:

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sh-4.1# free
              total         used         free       shared      buffers
  Mem:      1554556       572768       981788            0         2304
 Swap:      4157436            0      4157436
Total:      5711992       572768      5139224
sh-4.1#

To flush the RAM type into console (or create a bash script):

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sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

Posted: **Sun 13 Jan 2013, 19:00**

The free command always confused me, since it reads in kilibites..

You can also make it read in Megabites use

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free -m

Posted: **Mon 14 Jan 2013, 01:01**

In LINUX QUIRKY - 1.40

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cat /proc/meminfo

Posted: **Mon 14 Jan 2013, 08:45**

Amgine wrote:The free command always confused me, since it reads in kilibites..

You can also make it read in Megabites use
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free -m

I am running Lupu 520 and when I type "free -m" in a terminal, I get a busybox message of usage being only "free".
It evidently does not support the parameter in Lupu 520.

Posted: **Mon 14 Jan 2013, 09:00**

In Wary Puppy, I get the following:

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# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:        385068       377792         7276            0        33912
-/+ buffers:             343880        41188
Swap:       396280            0       396280
# free -m
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:           376          366            9            0           33
-/+ buffers:                333           42
Swap:          386            0          386

I am assuming the apparent discrepancy with the values in kilobytes versus megabytes has to do with the algorithm that says: 1mb = 1024k

Monsie

Posted: **Thu 17 Jan 2013, 05:50**

Cecil,

You might want to look at *Hardinfo* and some of the tools it offers.

Menu/System/System Status and Config/Hardinfo

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Easiest way to Determine RAM Usage?

Easiest way to Determine RAM Usage?

Easiest way to Determine RAM Usage?

Easiest way to Determine RAM Usage?