Fedora ram usage

Hello everyone I’m new to fedora. İs it normal , this photo ram usage ? I have macbook m1. thanks .

it looks normal to me

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Yes it’s fine. Most of the memory is used by the webbrowser, which is caching memory aggressively for performance. It will release that memory again if it’s needed by other programs.

Besides that the kernel is also using 2.5GB for cache/buffering currently, which works the same way.

The M1 Macbook will use shared memory for the GPU, so around 1GB will be reserved for that as well.

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To get a better picture of only memory try the command free
Then the ‘total’ less the ‘used’ should be approximately equal to the ‘available’.

For your system with 8G of RAM your display looks about normal.

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ps_mem is better than free

$ sudo ps_mem 
 Private  +   Shared  =  RAM used	Program

144.0 KiB +  12.5 KiB = 156.5 KiB	fusermount3
224.0 KiB +  41.5 KiB = 265.5 KiB	atd
212.0 KiB +  63.0 KiB = 275.0 KiB	cat (2)
288.0 KiB +  34.5 KiB = 322.5 KiB	rtkit-daemon
404.0 KiB +  44.5 KiB = 448.5 KiB	irqbalance
416.0 KiB +  98.5 KiB = 514.5 KiB	sedispatch
524.0 KiB +  53.5 KiB = 577.5 KiB	csd-screensaver-proxy
568.0 KiB +  70.5 KiB = 638.5 KiB	agent
592.0 KiB +  61.5 KiB = 653.5 KiB	xdg-permission-store
516.0 KiB + 185.5 KiB = 701.5 KiB	alsactl
612.0 KiB + 119.5 KiB = 731.5 KiB	scdaemon
660.0 KiB + 117.5 KiB = 777.5 KiB	switcheroo-control
748.0 KiB +  88.5 KiB = 836.5 KiB	csd-a11y-settings
724.0 KiB + 125.5 KiB = 849.5 KiB	gvfs-goa-volume-monitor
796.0 KiB + 105.5 KiB = 901.5 KiB	at-spi-bus-launcher
828.0 KiB +  84.5 KiB = 912.5 KiB	csd-settings-remap
908.0 KiB +  29.5 KiB = 937.5 KiB	crond
840.0 KiB + 108.5 KiB = 948.5 KiB	at-spi2-registryd
860.0 KiB +  95.5 KiB = 955.5 KiB	xdg-desktop-portal-xapp
884.0 KiB +  72.5 KiB = 956.5 KiB	gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor
856.0 KiB + 134.5 KiB = 990.5 KiB	systemd-userdbd
840.0 KiB + 174.5 KiB =   1.0 MiB	gvfsd-fuse
892.0 KiB + 164.5 KiB =   1.0 MiB	xdg-document-portal
752.0 KiB + 316.5 KiB =   1.0 MiB	gpg-agent
636.0 KiB + 491.0 KiB =   1.1 MiB	avahi-daemon (2)
956.0 KiB + 217.5 KiB =   1.1 MiB	systemd-oomd
  1.1 MiB + 133.5 KiB =   1.2 MiB	chronyd
  1.2 MiB +  49.5 KiB =   1.2 MiB	gssproxy
  1.1 MiB + 117.5 KiB =   1.2 MiB	gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor
  1.1 MiB + 155.5 KiB =   1.3 MiB	imsettings-daemon
  1.2 MiB + 122.5 KiB =   1.3 MiB	auditd
  1.1 MiB + 238.5 KiB =   1.3 MiB	systemd-machined
  1.2 MiB + 218.5 KiB =   1.4 MiB	gvfsd
  1.4 MiB +  56.5 KiB =   1.4 MiB	dconf-service
  1.2 MiB + 265.5 KiB =   1.5 MiB	sshd
  1.2 MiB + 330.5 KiB =   1.5 MiB	systemd-nsresourced
  1.5 MiB +  77.5 KiB =   1.6 MiB	smartd
  1.4 MiB + 245.5 KiB =   1.6 MiB	systemd-homed
  1.4 MiB + 268.5 KiB =   1.7 MiB	gvfsd-trash
  1.7 MiB +  40.5 KiB =   1.7 MiB	bluetoothd
  1.5 MiB + 249.5 KiB =   1.8 MiB	gvfsd-recent
  1.7 MiB + 117.5 KiB =   1.8 MiB	accounts-daemon
  1.5 MiB + 341.5 KiB =   1.8 MiB	systemd-logind
972.0 KiB +   1.1 MiB =   2.0 MiB	chrome_crashpad_handler (2)
  1.7 MiB + 407.0 KiB =   2.1 MiB	ssh-agent (2)
  1.8 MiB + 337.5 KiB =   2.1 MiB	csd-print-notifications
  1.7 MiB + 447.5 KiB =   2.2 MiB	dbus-broker-launch (3)
  1.9 MiB + 338.5 KiB =   2.2 MiB	gvfsd-http
  2.3 MiB + 148.5 KiB =   2.4 MiB	pcscd
  2.1 MiB + 477.5 KiB =   2.6 MiB	abrtd
  2.0 MiB + 612.5 KiB =   2.6 MiB	gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor
  2.5 MiB + 131.5 KiB =   2.7 MiB	ovpn-daemon
  2.4 MiB + 318.5 KiB =   2.7 MiB	csd-printer
  2.3 MiB + 508.5 KiB =   2.8 MiB	abrt-dbus
  2.6 MiB + 347.5 KiB =   2.9 MiB	gnome-keyring-daemon
  3.0 MiB + 148.5 KiB =   3.1 MiB	upowerd
  2.7 MiB + 514.5 KiB =   3.2 MiB	colord
  1.1 MiB +   2.1 MiB =   3.2 MiB	sudo (2)
  2.7 MiB + 655.5 KiB =   3.4 MiB	systemd-userwork (3)
  3.0 MiB + 391.5 KiB =   3.4 MiB	cupsd
  2.9 MiB + 481.5 KiB =   3.4 MiB	cinnamon-session-binary
  2.9 MiB + 538.0 KiB =   3.5 MiB	(sd-pam) (2)
  3.2 MiB + 652.5 KiB =   3.8 MiB	abrt-applet
  3.5 MiB + 856.5 KiB =   4.3 MiB	xdg-desktop-portal
  3.3 MiB +   1.1 MiB =   4.4 MiB	lightdm (2)
  4.4 MiB + 226.5 KiB =   4.6 MiB	polkitd
  4.3 MiB + 320.5 KiB =   4.6 MiB	systemd-udevd
  4.2 MiB + 691.5 KiB =   4.8 MiB	systemd-resolved
  4.9 MiB +  80.5 KiB =   5.0 MiB	gvfsd-metadata
  4.4 MiB + 617.5 KiB =   5.0 MiB	udisksd
  4.2 MiB + 873.5 KiB =   5.1 MiB	systemd-nsresourcework (5)
  5.5 MiB + 267.5 KiB =   5.7 MiB	ModemManager
  5.6 MiB + 472.5 KiB =   6.1 MiB	csd-clipboard
  5.8 MiB + 509.5 KiB =   6.2 MiB	csd-housekeeping
  5.6 MiB + 630.5 KiB =   6.2 MiB	csd-keyboard
  5.0 MiB +   1.3 MiB =   6.3 MiB	goa-identity-service
  6.0 MiB + 543.5 KiB =   6.5 MiB	csd-automount
  6.0 MiB + 679.5 KiB =   6.7 MiB	xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
  6.5 MiB + 263.5 KiB =   6.7 MiB	dbus-broker (3)
  5.8 MiB +   1.0 MiB =   6.8 MiB	xapp-sn-watcher
  6.9 MiB +  73.5 KiB =   7.0 MiB	bash
  6.6 MiB + 523.5 KiB =   7.1 MiB	csd-wacom
  6.1 MiB +   1.0 MiB =   7.1 MiB	pipewire
  4.9 MiB +   2.2 MiB =   7.2 MiB	sssd_kcm
  6.6 MiB + 763.5 KiB =   7.3 MiB	csd-color
  6.6 MiB + 841.5 KiB =   7.4 MiB	NetworkManager
  6.8 MiB + 701.5 KiB =   7.5 MiB	csd-xsettings
  6.2 MiB +   1.3 MiB =   7.5 MiB	goa-daemon
  6.6 MiB + 999.5 KiB =   7.6 MiB	csd-media-keys
  5.2 MiB +   3.0 MiB =   8.2 MiB	evolution-calendar-factory
  4.8 MiB +   3.5 MiB =   8.3 MiB	evolution-addressbook-factory
  7.3 MiB +   1.2 MiB =   8.5 MiB	csd-power
  8.5 MiB + 370.5 KiB =   8.8 MiB	pipewire-pulse
  8.6 MiB +   2.9 MiB =  11.5 MiB	nm-applet
  9.4 MiB +   3.3 MiB =  12.7 MiB	systemd (3)
 10.0 MiB +   2.9 MiB =  12.9 MiB	abrt-dump-journal-oops
 11.7 MiB +   1.3 MiB =  13.0 MiB	wireplumber
 12.6 MiB +   1.2 MiB =  13.8 MiB	tuned-ppd
  9.8 MiB +   4.6 MiB =  14.4 MiB	systemd-journald
 15.3 MiB +   1.3 MiB =  16.5 MiB	tuned
 15.4 MiB +   1.5 MiB =  17.0 MiB	cinnamon-killer
 14.6 MiB +   2.5 MiB =  17.1 MiB	abrt-dump-journal-xorg
 17.3 MiB +   1.6 MiB =  18.9 MiB	cinnamon-launch
 13.8 MiB +   7.0 MiB =  20.8 MiB	evolution-source-registry
  6.3 MiB +  16.5 MiB =  22.8 MiB	csd-background
 21.8 MiB +   2.6 MiB =  24.4 MiB	gnome-terminal-server
  8.2 MiB +  18.8 MiB =  26.9 MiB	abrt-dump-journal-core
 25.6 MiB +   1.6 MiB =  27.2 MiB	firewalld
 10.6 MiB +  19.4 MiB =  29.9 MiB	rsyslogd
 20.1 MiB +  10.3 MiB =  30.5 MiB	evolution-alarm-notify
 28.2 MiB +   4.4 MiB =  32.6 MiB	mpd
 34.8 MiB +   4.8 MiB =  39.5 MiB	nemo-desktop
 55.9 MiB +   2.4 MiB =  58.3 MiB	solaar
 59.4 MiB +  16.2 MiB =  75.6 MiB	cantata
 83.8 MiB +  36.7 MiB = 120.5 MiB	Xorg
195.8 MiB +  16.1 MiB = 211.9 MiB	cinnamon
341.8 MiB +  86.2 MiB = 428.0 MiB	thunderbird (2)
  1.9 GiB + 256.4 MiB =   2.2 GiB	chrome (30)
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                          3.8 GiB
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True for some.
But ‘free’ is a system utility which works for everyone and provides a summary.

While ‘ps_mem’ must be manually installed then must be run with root permissions to get the full picture. It also only shows usage (per process and total) and nothing about free or total ram nor swap.

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don’t forget -h :slight_smile: