Is it just me, or is Manjaro XFCE using more RAM lately?

[nikgnomic]

@isaiah18376

Why does htop’s numbers differ from those of free?

Manjaro forum search found this answer:

Memory usage shown in htop,task manager ,free differ from one another

Because different meters show it differently and because free usually refers to and include file cache that can be made available on request. A great overview over Linux and RAM can be found on https://linuxatemyram.com

And a detailed explanation here
Why are htop and system monitor showing different memory usages - #11 by omano