Re: Apple requires too much money and sacrifice of control

On Sat, 05 Apr 2025 16:16:28 -0400, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote in
<4n33vjlr9kj9922n8ni24tuignun80b0ub@4ax.com>:

Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

Alan wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

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[...] Linux isn't smart enough to count RAM in base-2).

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:-D
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That's not "Linux", that's just one GUI tool to measure RAM. For
example,
from "man free":
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   free [options]
>
   OPTIONS
      -b, --bytes
             Display the amount of memory in bytes.
      -k, --kibi
             Display the amount of memory in kibibytes.  This is the
             default.
      -m, --mebi
             Display the amount of memory in mebibytes.
      -g, --gibi
             Display the amount of memory in gibibytes.
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      --tebi Display the amount of memory in tebibytes.
      --pebi Display the amount of memory in pebibytes.
      --kilo Display the amount of memory in kilobytes. Implies --si.
      --mega Display the amount of memory in megabytes. Implies --si.
      --giga Display the amount of memory in gigabytes. Implies --si.
      --tera Display the amount of memory in terabytes. Implies --si.
      --peta Display the amount of memory in petabytes. Implies --si.
      -h, --human
             Show all output fields automatically scaled to shortest
             three digit unit and display the units of print out.
             Following units are used.
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               B = bytes Ki = kibibyte Mi = mebibyte Gi = gibibyte Ti =
               tebibyte Pi = pebibyte
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The "top" command (to show memory usage by process) has similar options.

 
 
But Alan can just let Apple think for him, no need to explain, zzz.

Mac:~ vallor$ uname -a
Darwin Mac 24.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.3.0: Thu Jan  2 20:24:23 PST
2025; root:xnu-11215.81.4~3/RELEASE_ARM64_T6020 arm64
Mac:~ vallor$ free
-bash: free: command not found

Huhu, okay.  How do you do that on a Mac?

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