[Tfug] Memory usage question

[earljviolet at deserthowler.com]

I run Ubuntu 9.10.  I have 1GB memory installed.

When using System Monitor I show about 218 MB memory used.

When I run free from the terminal I get the following results:
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1009560     805740     203820          0     137416     437904
-/+ buffers/cache:     230420     779140
Swap:      2389020          0    2389020

Is the difference in used memory between the two results because System
Monitor shows only the 'active' memory whereas free shows everything in
memory?

Earl
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