RAM usage is well below that shown in System Monitor

0ry0n / Resource_Monitor

Resource_Monitor is a GNOME Shell extension that Monitor the use of system resources like cpu, ram, disk, network and display them in GNOME Shell top bar.

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1634/resource-monitor/

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RAM usage is well below that shown in System Monitor #4

Closed jcreek closed 5 years ago

jcreek commented 5 years ago

Describe the bug The extension shows a significantly lower RAM usage than System Monitor, e.g. 45% rather than 53.5%.

To Reproduce I installed the extension from https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1634/resource-monitor/ on Ubuntu 19.04.

Expected behavior I would expect the two to either show the same values or be within 1% of each other.

0ry0n commented 5 years ago

The data is different because it is calculated differently. Mine is: (Memory) total - free + buffers + cached while gnome i think does: (Memory) total - available

sitnarf commented 3 years ago

The data is different because it is calculated differently. Mine is: (Memory) total - free + buffers + cached while gnome i think does: (Memory) total - available

@Ory0n Do you mean that yours is: total - (free + buffers + cached)? Could you please elaborate what the difference in calculation practically means for the user?