<p>Yes, Linux uses all available memory for filesystem caches, which significantly increases performance and can make the HDDs work less, depending on the type of load the system is under.</p>
<p>What was the underlying cause of the crashing, though? Bad RAM? Kernel bug?</p>
<p>--<br>
Sent from my HTC Vision (G2), running Gingerbread.<br>
That is, a phone-like mobile device. :)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 18, 2011 2:25 AM, "Matthew" <<a href="mailto:simontek@gmail.com">simontek@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div>