[ubuntu-uk] Churning hard disk, glacial startup

[Lucy]

2009/6/22 Sean Miller <sean at seanmiller.net>:
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Lucy <lucybridges at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 2009/6/22 Sean Miller <sean at seanmiller.net>:
>> > Try "atop" rather than top (sudo apt-get install atop) - it gives you
>> > more information on virtual memory and swap space, as it seems to me
>> > that your issue may be a lack of available memory causing excessive
>> > swapping.
>>
>> Paul stated earlier that his memory usage was only 38%. It also
>> wouldn't explain the boot time getting longer..
>
> I don't have that e-mail... he said that CPU usage for one process was 40%
> but I don't have any record of anything said about memory.
>
> Paul - how much memory do you have in the machine?

Ah, okay, the quote was:

"The system monitor gives memory usage as about 38% of about 700 Mb (I
have 750 Mb of RAM)."

I assume the figures are a little weird because they are approximate
and because the graphics card is likely using some of the RAM.