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weird thing here. I noticed my Pi model 2B is reporting a smaller amount of available RAM than before (~700Mb vs 1Gb).

[root@raspberry ~]# free -m
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            679         166          33           1         479         498
Swap:             0           0           0
[root@raspberry ~]#

Is my RAM module degrading over time? Is this a known issue with older Pies? Thanks

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    Edit in the output from vcgencmd get_mem gpu.
    – goldilocks ♦
    Jul 12, 2020 at 14:42
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    OMG you are right. I am so silly. That "missing" memory is assigned to the GPU. Thanks
    – dafero
    Jul 12, 2020 at 14:56

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@goldilocks gave me the answer. That "missing" memory is just assigned to the GPU

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    Note: In most cases, the CPU/OS will not be able to handle deffective RAM gracefully. It will just randomly crash or not boot at all.
    – PMF
    Jul 12, 2020 at 17:50
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