Sorry for double posting... I've may found where the problem is:
I've disabled the coverflow plugin and now banshee doesn't freeze the system while starting and doesn't go over 90MB of RAM even if playing a song..so the problem was there -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/711843 Title: Banshee uses far too much RAM -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs