[alan@workbox alan]$ free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 318880 313500 5380 0 13152 126864
-/+ buffers/cache: 173484 145396
Swap: 257000 21280 235720
Sure, it’s completely filled up, but that extra 256mb (well, actually 192 because of the asshat way that the HP Pavilion is set up, with only two DIMM slots and coming default with 2x64mb) sure helps. My computer is actually usable! Now I’m using all the glory goodness of MozillaFirebird, GAIM and Evolution, all at the same time, and the box is not completely into swap! Oh joy and happiness!