Rumors of what mbfree means:
- Mega Byte Free
- Memory Be Free
Mbfree allocates and frees a given amount of memory. It is especially helpful on systems that are over utilized that swap a lot.
A lot of OSs loose performance when their main memory is used and the OS is swapping. Mbfree allows you to allocate a certain amount of memory and free it. In Linux the result is usually faster loading of programs -- or successful loading of programs when they don't load because there is not enough free memory.
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See INSTALL file for more info
MBFREE can take memory that is currently in "swap" and in a "used" state and put it into a free state.
If you have a browser crash or kill -9 a process, chances are there is memory that is considered used but isn't anymore. Run "mbfree 256" to free up memory.