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Originally Posted by uljanow View Post
How much of the 256 MB RAM is used by the default OS with all applications closed ?
This is Linux. Almost all RAM is used at all times. If an app isn't actively using it, Linux fills the RAM up with caches to speed things up and gets rid of them as more RAM is required.

Free RAM that isn't being used is wasted RAM.
 

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