[Gllug] Linux distro for small memory system

[Pete Ryland]

On 30/10/06, Daniel P. Berrange <dan at berrange.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, using top to gauge memory usage of applications is a complete
> and utter waste of time. It doesn't tell you about server side resources
> used, it doesn't tell you that 3.5 GB of that 4 G is not even mapped by
> the OS (& likely never will be), it doesn't tell you that another 300 MB
> of .so's is shared by every X application, etc, etc. Useless. Don't even
> bother looking at top beyond identifying a potentially suspect app.


Indeed, even recent versions of gnome-system-monitor seem to do a *much*
better job at memory reporting.  It seems to be using /proc/$PID/smaps for
its info now, plus X memory info, which is exactly what you want.

> I think Dan Berrage has been writing/using some such tools for the One
> > Laptop Per Child project ...  What's really needed is something as
> > easy and ubiquitous as "top", but accurate.
>
> Yes, I wrote two tools for OLPC...


*Tips hat*

Pete
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