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I tried this on Ubuntu 15.10 Beta 2. Compiz didn't use more than 85 MiB under the conditions you describe. ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: unity Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dp-unity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/982434 Title: Opening the dash causes memory usage to climb dramatically, and never comes back down Status in Unity: Invalid Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: This may not be a bug at all, but thought I'd report it anyway. I am NOT reporting a memory leak - at least, I don't think so. I am simply reporting this: When I start a desktop session, Compiz uses 85M of memory. It stays there as long as I *do not open the Dash*. Once I open the Dash - simply pushing the Ubuntu button, and then closing immediately - the memory usage climbs to ~120-150. If I go through every page in the Dash and open every sub-page and see every icon available, the memory usage clibms to ~185M. Re-visiting the Dash, no matter how often, doesn't cause a further increase, but I'm not certain the Dash should use ~100M of RAM all by itself. I'm not sure how much it *should* use, but it just seems a bit excessive. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.10.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,regex,place,grid,snap,vpswitch,move,animation,gnomecompat,resize,mousepoll,session,imgpng,workarounds,wall,fade,expo,scale,unitymtgrabhandles,ezoom,unityshell] Date: Sun Apr 15 11:26:09 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-26 (20 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/982434/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp