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This feels like a UX problem. If this is a normal and expected part of linux operation, it should be called out in the {T,G}UI.
by loktarogar 3y ago
This feels like a UX problem. If this is a normal and expected part of linux operation, it should be called out in the {T,G}UI.
- the8472 3y agoBut it does. https://files.catbox.moe/l9je82.png https://files.catbox.moe/l9je82.png orange is the part used by caches
- loktarogar 3y agoI'm not a linux user, so not an observation of experience. Just the existence of this website suggests to me that however it is being done right now could be made clearer somehow.
- nightfly 3y agohtop shows this
- gruez 3y agoIt is. Windows does the same thing, but it's a non-issue because task manager makes it look like cached memory is free memory.
- bityard 3y ago1. You can't change `free` output, you'll break SO many scripts. 2. Most things which report memory usage in a user-friendly way _already_ do this in an obvious way. (Htop shows disk cache in a bar graph, but doesn't add it to the "used" counter.) 3. Should UX always compensate for some fraction of users' misunderstanding of how their OS kernel works? Or would it be better for them to ask the question and then be educated by the answer?
- loktarogar 3y ago> Or would it be better for them to ask the question and then be educated by the answer? Good UX makes the question "why is linux using my unused RAM for disk caching" (a non pressing question) instead of "why is linux eating up all my RAM" (panic, stressful question)