Ram Usage difference Between Linux Mint 21.2 Xfce and Linux Mint 21.3 Xfce

[nevj (Neville Jackson)]

@Mina has a good article on idle memory usage

Idle Memory Usage as Performance Benchmark

In recent discussions it was often suggested that idle RAM usage was a proper way to measure a system’s suitability for older machines and as a benchmark for its responsiveness. With “idle RAM usage” we mean the amount of memory consumed by the operating system itself and the preloaded applications like the window manager or the desktop environment. Higher idle RAM usage means that there is less memory available for application programs… Running the commands free -h or htop before starting any…