htop said i’m using 968Mb and task manager said i’m using 1.2Gib and output of free command said i’m using only 850 mb why do they differ so much? [ram usage]

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

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

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