Also please be careful to avoid measuring virtual address space (the VSZ column in ps) - that is not memory usage. We need to look at the RSS column instead.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1892665 Title: gnome-shell occupy much space in my pc Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: when i boot my laptop then suddenly my ram consumption reaches to about 2 gigabytes though there are no any startup apps running in background.when i had a look in system resources then i found that my gnome shell is occupying most of the space then any other resources running .My ram memory consumption reaches to about 7.8 gigabytes when i open some tabs in vivaldi web browser,visual studio code with flutter and dart plugin installed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Aug 24 09:07:12 2020 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-07-02 (52 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1892665/+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