4 equal partitions on EVO 860 running 4th gen I7 w/16gb
Cinnamon 21
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uno@Cinn-21:~$ inxi -S
System:
Host: Cinn-21 Kernel: 5.15.0-50-generic x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa
uno@Cinn-21:~$ systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 4.625s (kernel) + 2.077s (userspace) = 6.703s
graphical.target reached after 2.072s in userspace
uno@Cinn-21:~$ free
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 16306764 650504 15152848 12100 503412 15371064
Swap: 16383996 0 16383996
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uno@xfce21:~$ inxi -S
System:
Host: xfce21 Kernel: 5.15.0-50-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0
Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa
uno@xfce21:~$ systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 4.692s (kernel) + 1.976s (userspace) = 6.669s
graphical.target reached after 1.971s in userspace
uno@xfce21:~$ free
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 16306764 645420 15230732 3292 430612 15386076
Swap: 16383996 0 16383996
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uno@vanessa:~$ inxi -S
System:
Host: vanessa Kernel: 5.15.0-50-generic x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: MATE 1.26.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa
uno@vanessa:~$ systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 4.627s (kernel) + 1.987s (userspace) = 6.614s
graphical.target reached after 1.981s in userspace
uno@vanessa:~$ free
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 16306768 554072 15296956 21160 455740 15458860
Swap: 16383996 0 16383996
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uno@una:~$ inxi -S
System: Host: una Kernel: 5.4.0-120-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: MATE 1.26.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una
uno@una:~$ systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 3.918s (kernel) + 1.987s (userspace) = 5.905s
graphical.target reached after 1.455s in userspace
uno@una:~$ free
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 16306800 536160 15286596 21092 484044 15475324
Swap: 16383996 0 16383996
My takeaway is Mint 21 is better at utilizing the available ram.
Using available ram in the right scenario--that's why we have it--use it.