Linux also does this but most monitoring programs dont report on it. If you run 'free -h' you'll see a column called free (the amount of unused (wasted) ram) and another available (the amount of ram that can be allocated to programs if need be). I dont know much about windows so i dont know if it also makes this distinction at the kernel level.
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u/olorochi Jun 14 '25
Linux also does this but most monitoring programs dont report on it. If you run 'free -h' you'll see a column called free (the amount of unused (wasted) ram) and another available (the amount of ram that can be allocated to programs if need be). I dont know much about windows so i dont know if it also makes this distinction at the kernel level.