checking memory usage...

[cotfessi]

just a quick command line question. I've read a lot recently about people going back and forth about which desktop or window manager they use. One of the big debate points seems to be resource usage... are there any commands that I can issue to check how much ram is being used by my current configuration?

thanks,
- cotfessi

[PLBlaze]

You can run top to see it or better yet use free to find how much ram your box is using.Hope this helps.

[Strike]

My favorite is of the console flavor:

free -m | grep s/c | awk '{print $4}'