FreeBSD ate my RAM

If you like this kind of post, you might like this “http explained” post.

https://peteris.rocks/blog/htop/

I don’t understand the part about using heuristics and deciding what counts as used memory…

Used memory for the system is always total minus available.

Heuristics? I would hope that the system knows precisely what is using every single byte of physical and virtual memory. Is this a reporting problem? Why do we have to settle for heuristics and not the exact number?

Thank you for such a quality post.

Great job on getting the fixes merged!

the end struck me - a picture of an os book. I wonder if students these days retain their books after college, or do they get returned as a rental?

Interesting post, it made me wonder. At one time FreeBSD swap usage/logic was far better than what Linux did. Is that still the case ?

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ZFS cache. The end.

User installs an unfamiliar server OS with an enterprise filesystem and is stunned when it works differently. I fail to see a teachable moment here.

This is why I use Linux. :>

Poor FreeBSD folks though. After so many years trying to present themselves as better alternative, the road just got steeper ...