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Debian Memory Management enquiries

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Hello, does anyone here know what memory management technique used in Debian? Is it the same with the general Linux? I have tried to find in several website but what I found mostly is for the Linux kernel, not specifically stated those was used by Debian for its memory management.

Any specific link to that information, would really appreciate it!

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Hello,

As in most of modern operating systems [0], the kernel provides memory manager functions to user’s programs in the Debian distribution. See [1] for the Linux kernel.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_sp ... rnel_space
[1] https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/mm/index.html
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I see I see, I thought there will be some specific memory management method used or developed within Debian. Thankyou so much for clearing my doubt, Aki

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#4 Post by Aki »

Hello,
I'm happy I helped you to clarify this issue.
hoi wrote: 2022-08-16 11:27 I see I see, I thought there will be some specific memory management method used or developed within Debian. Thankyou
If I may ask, what made you suppose that ?
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Aki wrote: 2022-08-16 19:15 Hello,
I'm happy I helped you to clarify this issue.
hoi wrote: 2022-08-16 11:27 I see I see, I thought there will be some specific memory management method used or developed within Debian. Thankyou
If I may ask, what made you suppose that ?
Oh, because there are too many Linux-based operating system such as FreeBSD, Tails, Sabayon Linux and much more, so that I thought there will be some differences in terms of memory management techniques even if they are all using Linux kernel?

And I was so confused about that, yet not sure where to find the memory management techniques used by Debian on this official website.

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#6 Post by Aki »

Hello,
I see. Just one remark: FreeBSD Distribution [1] does not use a Linux Kernel, but a FreeBSD kernel (a *nix kernel with a different origin and development), therefore it is not a Linux distribution. Linux distributions (often called GNU/Linux distributions) use a Linux kernel [2]

[1] https://www.freebsd.org/
[2] https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_(kernel)
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