Thanks for the report. I can confirm this. It jumps by about 8MB Resident with every image I select. inkscape 0.43-4ubuntu3.
** Changed in: inkscape (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Severe memory leak in 'Import'/'Open' dialogs https://launchpad.net/bugs/46570 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs