The man page does not say much, but does this mean I have only 396668 used by programs (used-cached)? Or shoul I be reading the 2nd line? [root at ten-212 ~]# free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7918844 5478820 2440024 0 111684 5082152 -/+ buffers/cache: 284984 7633860 Swap: 9961464 204 9961260 -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.