randall r schulz rgpoguasonicnet sunday 10 february 2008 0800 tom patton wrote technically refreshing 4 gig empty ram well saving constant disk rereads would green issue intended start war rather illuminates minor advantage linux vs windows apologies list physical ram subsystem mainboard doesnt know memory contains real data empty way told disctinction refreshes cells periodically thus something gives advantage one os another least server desktop laptop systems perhaps highly powercritical hardware portable audio players cell phone ability dont know lastly seems sort selective ram refresh suggest linux would power _disadvantage_ since tries keep much ram possible filled potentially useful data windows seems try free possible tom randall schulz tue 05 aug 2008 170030 0800 opensuse memory leakage normal huge amount usage ram memory 2gb free 121 mb