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"Windows" process using too much Memory (Dual boot setup) (lemmy.ml)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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When I start my pc, (Nobara 43) Memory is up to 70% usage. I dual boot, but use Windows like 5% of the time. I have a Swap partition (64gb), but it shows 0b usage. Is it safe to kill the windows process? Can anyone shed some light into whats going on? I was starting to think this is sketchy lol

UPDATE: It most likely was a Winboat process that started up every time :p

Terminal results of "top" command, highlighting "windows" process using 52.4% of memory.
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[–] 39 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Do you use WinBoat? Because this is exactly how my WinBoat Windows VM presents using top. htop shows the qemu-system command, and btop shows both.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    OP may have some confusion about what dual-boot means. WinBoat running in the background is the best plausible explanation for this, IMO.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 7 months ago

    I do use dual boot, but still have Winboat on the Linux side because some windows specific apps that aren't demanding. The ones that are demanding in performance are the ones that I use on Windows natively.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah it's most likely that! Thanks

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    If you want to confirm that, launch one or all of your WinBoat apps. While they are running, run pidof windows. If that gave some pids, run pstree -sp <pid>. That command shows the parent processes, with their pids, of the <pid> . WinBoat probably should be among the parents of the “windows” process.

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