On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:24:44 +0530, Shrikant <shrikant.navelkar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I am using FC3 on IBM laptop R32 with 256 MB RAM. > > While observing the system load and memory through system monitor I > observed that most of the time the memory usage is more than 90 % > (sometimes 99 %), whereas swap space usage is less than 30 %. I have few > questions : > > 1. Is it a normal behavior ? yes. Linux uses a agressive cache mechanism > 2. Do I need to change my swap settings to improve the performance? No Regards, Rahul Sundaram