question about memory usage in linux

[Shane Hathaway]

Gregory Hill wrote:
> I wasn't aware of the 'free' command before you sent it.  Ah, my
> ignorance begins to show :)  That's both what I hate and love about
> linux; there's so many things that you never learn until someone
> mentions them like you should've known they existed all along.

FWIW: that feeling never goes away.  Not only is there a lot already 
there, there's a lot of new stuff constantly appearing with little 
fanfare.  If you ever catch up, the very next day, ten new important 
utilities will appear and you'll be behind again. ;-)

Shane