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> Linux doesn't lie Until you ask it to allocate some memory.

• Qantourisc 13y ago
  echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory But be warned, a lot of applications also lie on how much memory they need.
  • andreasvc 13y ago
    It's mostly about copy-on-write memory due to forks.
• ars 13y ago
  > allocate some memory. Think of it as allocating address space, not memory.