diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f2b4562..016dc75 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # free for macOS -A memory usage utility for macOS (similar with Linux Free Command) +A memory usage utility for macOS (similar with 'free' in Linux) -This utility is designed to act like 'free' on Linux systems. It is a tool for displaying memory usage statistics. Since the Mach microkernel design is different than Linux, the values reported are not an exact duplicate of what you can get from a Linux system. Be sure to read the man page for an explanation of the program output. +This utility is designed to act like 'free' on Linux systems. It is a tool to display memory usage statistics. Since the Mach microkernel design is different with Linux, the values reported are not exactly the same with what you can get from a Linux system. These metrics are almost aligned with outputs from 'Activity Monitor". ``` ❯ free -h @@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ Swap: 0.00 B 0.00 B 0.00 B ### HOMEBREW: - A Homebrew formula is available at https://github.com/zfdang/homebrew-free-for-macOS + A Homebrew formulae is available at https://github.com/zfdang/homebrew-free-for-macOS To install via Homebrew, run the following: brew tap zfdang/free-for-macOS brew install free-for-macOS + If we can collect enough stars, this formulae will be submmited to offical Homebrew repository. + ### COMPILATION: You need a compiler, some headers, and a Mach-based system. On Darwin, you can type make: