Some background info about my experience with computers (tl;dr):
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I'm new to Linux Universe, I was using Windows since I was introduced to computers but I have the desire to have the latest software applications at my hand and after Windows 98 SE Windows began with unfair aggressive market strategies, in my point of view, releasing new products one after another in a quickly time segregating the users, I remember the time when every software was compiled twice, one time for 98 and another from XP. Then another companies followed the trend and after a time forgetting the 98 editions users and kind obligated us to buy new windows versions to keep ours products update. I don't know if I made myself clear to understand what I wrote here. Actually, I have a Dual boot system and I only use Windows XP for webcam conversations on MSN with my relatives who live faraway. By the time I was installing Windows XP Vista was being released but my poor old computer wasn't able to run that system without upgrading hardware parts.
So I decided to give Linux a try, I was looking for a user-friendly distribution and I found out Ubuntu was very big but my hipster side was stronger and I decided to look for more adventure and I ended up choosing Linux Mint Isadora Version. I was quite happy and after I feel days and some tries of how to set up swap and formation stuff I completely forgot windows. Then I saw Julia was going to be released and I wanted to test but after some reading I learnt Julia it wasn't going to be a LTS release and the safest way to install it was backup all the important information and start a fresh install. I was kind of upset because I didn't want to every 6 months doing a fresh install. So I was looking for a solution and find out about Rolling distros and some time after LMDE was released. I made a fresh install and I'm using LMDE since its release.
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romulo@romulo ~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 22
model name : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 420 @ 1.60GHz
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 1607.562
cache size : 512 KB
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc up arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dts
bogomips : 3215.12
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
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romulo@romulo ~ $ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 938 874 64 0 1 92
-/+ buffers/cache: 779 159
Swap: 1498 696 802
Now the same stats with 3 gossips tabs and Amarok playing music at the time, which is what I do almost all day
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total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 938 890 47 0 0 42
-/+ buffers/cache: 847 91
Swap: 1498 951 547
How can I identify the problems source and fix this? Or its my computer to old and asking for a retirement? I tried using LXDE but the problem persisted.
Even If I tried to sum up all process manually I don't get this usage of ram. When I'm at Windows the same sites and activities (Like hearing music while Browsing) doesn't affect the using of computer.
Please don't tell me to get to back outdated system like Windows XP.