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Available = "Free" (unused) + Cached

Posted Jun 13, 2006 19:05 UTC (Tue) by oak (subscriber, #2786)
In reply to: Available = "Free" (unused) + Cached by AnswerGuy
Parent article: Live CDs Part II: Desktop Replacements

> simplest approximation of their available memory is
> the "cached" *plus* "free"

Why you aren't adding "buffers" too?

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