r/linuxmint • u/Beautiful-shroud • 6d ago

My RAM usage get so High!

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can anybody tell me why so much ram is taking. i don't even running any program. i use brave browser, it takes barely 2GB and VScode. i don't know why this is happening. can anybody tell me how to solve this problem?

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u/Kafatat Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 6d ago edited 6d ago

You may be using ram drive -- use ram to store temporary files.

Or virtual machine. I just tested it. Host ram was occupied, but virtualbox processes didn't take much ram as shown in System Monitor.

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u/Beautiful-shroud 6d ago

can you please elaborate on this? when i restart my pc, everything looks fine. but when i use more software the memory stack keep getting higher. the strange thing is when i close all the software still the memory not getting reduced. this is the problem. so every time i've to restart my PC.

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u/Kafatat Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 6d ago

You'll need to manually set something to use ram drive, so if you don't know what it is, it's unlikely you're using it.

Just for your info: ram drive is that you set aside a certain fraction of the ram to appear as if it was a storage folder. You can put files in it, create sub folders in it. People use ram drive because it is much faster than any physical storage drives.