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Wow, this seems very trollish to me. The author doesn't account for the various types of memory usage (shared memory, VSS/BSS/RSS, file swap, disk pages)... Thi
by LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
Wow, this seems very trollish to me. The author doesn't account for the various types of memory usage (shared memory, VSS/BSS/RSS, file swap, disk pages)... This is an extremely naive measurement of "memory usage" being presented here. Firefox now has an impressive test and instrumentation suite for measuring memory usage. There are some highly tuned allocation algorithms and garbage collection in use here. The poster doesn't present any evidence to support his assertion but rather only vague suppositions and some hand-waving.
The article clearly displays the author's lack of understanding of how modern "memory usage" works.
- ComputerGuru 18y agoThere are four screenshots in the post and throughout the comments... doesn't that count as some evidence?
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoUnfortunately the "Memory" column in System Monitor is pretty much useless for actually visualizing what memory a process is or isn't using. There are a lot of different ways to measure memory for different situations. That column doesn't actually give any concrete data on what's going on in the system. http://virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2006/02/understanding-memory-usage-on-linux.html http://virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2006/02/understanding-mem... Gives the 10,000 foot overview of measuring memory usage on a Linux system.