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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Hidding Virtual size column by default in ksysguard
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-01-05 21:01:36
Message-ID: 200701051401.42843.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Friday 05 January 2007 13:54, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> >On Friday 05 January 2007 12:15, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> >> I'd rather you named this "Not Shared" and made Memory = RSS.
> >
> >and just what would that mean to the average desktop user?
>
> I think it's better than calling the non-shared portion of
> memory "Memory". If you have KWrite running and it takes 9 MB of "Memory"
> and 16 MB of Shared ("how can it share 16 MB if it only uses 9?"),
> starting a new KWrite instance will increase Shared and
> decrease "Memory".

perhaps "Exclusive" and "Shared" is a better dichotomy?

> If the user is paying attention, he'll realise that the total didn't
> change. Not many will.

so numbers go up but the totals don't change. i dn't think that's what would 
be expected. in fact, i know it isn't since people ask about this regularly.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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