Re: Do I need more memory?

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Author: Jon M. Hanson
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Subject: Re: Do I need more memory?
Mark Phillips wrote:
> My computer has Debian testing and gnome installed. I rarely turn it off, and
> I noticed using system monitor that I have about 75% memory in use and about
> 50% or my swap in use. Should I get more memory? I notice an occasional slow
> down when I have a lot of windows open and I am switching between tasks. I do
> a lot of python (zope & plone) and java (servlets) development, as well as
> openoffice documents and spreadsheets. I have 512 MB of RAM.
>

    It does sound like from what you describe that your system is
swapping and more memory would help you avoid that.


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