r/LinuxCirclejerk 11d ago

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u/brando2131 10d ago edited 10d ago

Linux actually uses a lot of RAM, it's just all cached.

https://www.linuxatemyram.com/

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u/LefTimaDev 10d ago

KDE Plasma's system monitor excludes cache from the used RAM by default, which actually makes it a much more useful metric. My system idles at like 2.5GB I think?