diff --git a/doc/release_new_version b/doc/release_new_version
index ffc625a9..a2de8d2a 100644
--- a/doc/release_new_version
+++ b/doc/release_new_version
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ Haiku of the month:
 
 New in this release:
 
+* @arg can now be used in {= =}: parallel echo '{= $arg[2] < 5 and $_="j" =}' ::: 1 2 3 ::: 4 5 6 
+
 * Version of GNU Parallel that uses PostgreSQL as backend https://github.com/stephen-fralich/parallel-sql/
 
 * <<Har angiveligt submittet ny version - afventer opdatering>> GNU Parallel was used (unfortunately without citation) in: MUGBAS: a species free gene-based programme suite for post-GWAS analysis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25765345
@@ -238,6 +240,12 @@ New in this release:
 
 * Who actually reads the code? http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/who-actually-reads-the-code
 
+* Introduction to GNU Parallel http://erictleung.com/2015/08/06/intro-to-gnu-parallel/
+
+* ¿Alguien se lee el código? http://www.taringa.net/post/linux/18854759/Alguien-se-lee-el-codigo.html
+
+* ¿Quién se lee el código fuente? https://victorhckinthefreeworld.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/quien-se-lee-el-codigo-fuente/
+
 * Distribution des traitements avec GNU Parallel http://blog.inovia-conseil.fr/?p=226#4
 
 * Эксперимент по проверке, читают ли код открытых проектов http://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=42718
diff --git a/src/parallel b/src/parallel
index 7a904874..13567b1c 100755
--- a/src/parallel
+++ b/src/parallel
@@ -4172,6 +4172,9 @@ sub memfree_recompute {
 
     # TODO add sshlogin and backgrounding
     $self->{'memfree'} = qx{ $script };
+    if(not $self->{'memfree'}) {
+	::die_bug("Less than 1 byte free");
+    }
     #::debug("mem","New free:",$self->{'memfree'}," ");
 }
 
@@ -4183,12 +4186,12 @@ sub memfree_recompute {
 	#   shellscript for giving available memory in bytes
 	if(not $script) {
 	    my %script_of = (
-		# $ free
-		#              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
-		# Mem:       8075152    4922780    3152372     338856     233356    1658604
-		# -/+ buffers/cache:    3030820    5044332
-		# Swap:      8286204     116924    8169280
-		"linux" => q{ print (1024*((grep /buffers.cache/, `free`)[0] =~ /buffers.cache:\s+\S+\s+(\S+)/)[0]) },
+		# /proc/meminfo
+		# MemFree:          7012 kB
+		# Buffers:         19876 kB
+		# Cached:         431192 kB
+		# SwapCached:          0 kB
+		"linux" => q{ print 1024 * qx{ awk '/^((Swap)?Cached|MemFree|Buffers):/ { sum += \$2} END { print sum }' /proc/meminfo } },
 		# $ vmstat 1 1
 		#     procs           memory                   page                              faults       cpu
 		# r     b     w      avm    free   re   at    pi   po    fr   de    sr     in     sy    cs  us sy id