Thanks to the 3.4.1 release.
I prepare USB flash with Linux dd command.
No issue to boot in UEFI mode, install in UEFI and boot it. :)
A quick check on memory used...
I am not sure why it is so high..
using htop, just idling, I see around 460M used
same as in free -h
wayne@sparkyx64:~$ free -h
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3.8G 1.2G 2.6G 62M 109M 649M
-/+ buffers/cache: 464M 3.3G
Swap: 7.9G 0B 7.9G
wayne@sparkyx64:~$
if I just run iceweasel, I would add to around 640M, with two tabs open on just sparky and another forums.
wayne@sparkyx64:~$ free -h
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3.8G 1.4G 2.4G 66M 110M 658M
-/+ buffers/cache: 637M 3.1G
Swap: 7.9G 0B 7.9G
wayne@sparkyx64:~$
I think 200M added for iceweasel is typical.
I am used to run Debian xfce, 32-bit, on idling, memory used range from 110M to 160M.
here, Sparky xfce 64-bit, on idling, memory used around 460M.. very high compare to Debian7.x
it does not appear as 'light' when it idles around 460M..
I remember also when running live mode it is something like 2xxM..
My question:
On installed OS, is 460M idling considered typical?
How do I figure out what are using so much memory?
are there some 'hidden processes' that consume unnecessary memory?
Thanks
All 64 bit systems use more power than 32 bit for sure.
I am not sure how much more 64 bit efi system takes than 64 bit bios.
I will make tests and publish my results.
Hi pavroo,
I understand 64bit would take more mem footprint, but 460M idling is quite a surprise..
Here I boot into two other Debian /Debian based distros for a quick check
1. Debian-Testing-64bit_UEFI-gnome
Idling around 272M
Quotewayne@debuefi:~$ uname -a
Linux debuefi 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.57-3+deb7u2 x86_64 GNU/Linux
wayne@debuefi:~$ free -h
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3.8G 702M 3.1G 0B 66M 362M
-/+ buffers/cache: 272M 3.5G
Swap: 7.9G 0B 7.9G
wayne@debuefi:~$
2. Debian based, theme-ix, XFCE, 64-bit , UEFI, it was supposedly emulating xubuntu but based on Debian.
Quote
wayne@theme-ix:~$ [ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo "EFI boot on HDD" || echo "Legacy boot on HDD"
EFI boot on HDD
idling around 165M
wayne@theme-ix:~$ free -h
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3.8G 386M 3.4G 46M 21M 199M
-/+ buffers/cache: 165M 3.7G
Swap: 255M 0B 255M
Run firefox with one tab opens, mem used around 255M, htop reading about 237M
this sound more like what is 'typical'...I think so.
Quotewayne@theme-ix:~$ free -h
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3.8G 544M 3.3G 56M 22M 289M
-/+ buffers/cache: 232M 3.6G
Swap: 255M 0B 255M
wayne@theme-ix:~$
something must have eaten memory on sparky xfce..
just do not know what they are..
EDIT..
3. Debian 7.6 Xfce 64-bit, UEFI
idling around 159M
open iceweasel, one tab.. around 292M
wayne@debian7:~$ uname -a
Linux debian7 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.60-1+deb7u1 x86_64 GNU/Linux
wayne@debian7:~$ free -h
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3.7G 305M 3.4G 0B 21M 124M
-/+ buffers/cache: 159M 3.6G
Swap: 3.9G 0B 3.9G
wayne@debian7:~$ run iceweasel
bash: run: command not found
wayne@debian7:~$ free -h
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3.7G 510M 3.2G 0B 24M 193M
-/+ buffers/cache: 292M 3.5G
Swap: 3.9G 0B 3.9G
wayne@debian7:~$
I've checked it on my machine - it uses 200 MB of RAM about.
Can you check what process consumes so much power?
Did a check on md5sum.
I used torrent, I thought it is better in having error check.
from the download page
31c1ddde82661af8dd5bdcd3ce7b7a64 sparkylinux-3.4.1-x86_64-xfce.iso
from the file downloaded into my computer
wayne@hp8000:~/Downloads$ md5sum sparkylinux-3.4.1-x86_64-xfce.iso
31c1ddde82661af8dd5bdcd3ce7b7a64 sparkylinux-3.4.1-x86_64-xfce.iso
so they matched.
now i dd the iso to usb flash again.
then, boot into UEFI mode, select the third line to check integrity..
end with this error, module ehci-orion not found in modules.dep
captured in image, not sure if this matter..
(http://i57.tinypic.com/28vzp5e.jpg)