Is Nitrux eating my RAM?

We believe performance shouldn’t be an afterthought. Nitrux is engineered from the ground up. We’ve fine-tuned everything from the kernel and filesystem to memory management, all with one goal: to make your system feel as fast, responsive, and stable as possible. So, what does all that tuning actually mean for you?

A Smoother Experience

We’ve focused on eliminating “micro-stutters” and system “hiccups” to deliver a smooth, fluid desktop experience.

For detailed information, see System Performance → System Optimizations.

Intelligent and Durable Storage

We use a “best-of-both-worlds” filesystem strategy to maximize performance and data safety, using XFS for the OS and the modern F2FS for your data.

For detailed information, see System Performance →  Filesystem Optimizations.

Faster, Reliable Networking

We tuned Nitrux to optimize your high-speed internet connection, especially under heavy load.

For detailed information, see System Performance → Performance and I/O.

Smart Memory Management

Nitrux’s philosophy is that when RAM is uncached, it is wasted. Nitrux is tuned to use your idle memory productively as a high-speed cache.

For detailed information, see System Performance → System Optimizations and System Performance → Advanced Memory Management.

It might seem counterintuitive, but the increased RAM you’ll see is a sign of efficiency, not waste. Historically, many people have viewed high memory usage as bloat. And on other operating systems, it was often the case. In Nitrux, this is a conscious design choice. We’re putting that wasted RAM to work to give you a faster, more responsive system.