I have an Asus N43L with 8GB RAM and Ubuntu 16.04 64bit installed. When I check my RAM consumption while idle it's consuming almost 1GB. Is that to be expected?
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Yes, it's normal. It all depends on what's running (there's always something running). Also, Asus N43L has a Nvidia graphics. For better performance install the recommended driver version in Additional Drivers. – Feb 13 '17 at 06:01
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And this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/872980/ubuntu-16-04-heating-up-issue#comment1355191_872980 . Are you still using the same unsupported kernel? – Feb 13 '17 at 06:03
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for now i used additional driver ver 367.57 (propietary, tested) and my kernel still ver 4.9.2 i dunno if it supported kernel or not. how to find out? @CelticWarrior – BrianMalubaya Feb 13 '17 at 06:45
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I couldn't possibly write a better answer than the one already posted. – Feb 13 '17 at 07:28
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it's okay, your answer are very helpful bro... @CelticWarrior – BrianMalubaya Feb 13 '17 at 07:47
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1@BrianMalubaya Please don’t put “solved” into the title. Accept an answer instead. – Melebius Feb 13 '17 at 07:55
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Your RAM usage is normal for Ubuntu 16.04. You can use whatever desktop environment you prefer or install multiple desktop environments so that you can switch from one DE to another.
Main memory access time is in the order of nanoseconds, and hard disk drive access time is in the order of milliseconds. It's normal for Ubuntu 16.04 to use up to 1.5GB RAM at idle if your computer has plenty of RAM to avoid using swap space which is much slower than RAM.
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Well, nice explanation. And what version of DE you think lightest among them? and about swap capacity, is it ok if it just 2GB? – BrianMalubaya Feb 13 '17 at 06:49
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1The default swap partition size is for your computer is probably 4-6.4GB. This is a conservative figure. Depending on the amount of RAM in your computer and your use case, your system may never use any swap space. Personally I always accept whatever default swap capacity the Ubuntu installer selects for me. The lightest desktop environment is LXDE. LXDE looks too much like Windows XP to me, so I prefer MATE desktop environment. – karel Feb 13 '17 at 07:03
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hmm... i guess i'll try to do as you say. i like light desktop because i using it for office purpose. Anyway, thanks in advanced... – BrianMalubaya Feb 13 '17 at 07:11
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