Yes this is what I get as well. I was shocked to see MATE using 230M with nothing running. It was quite a bit less in Precise.
htop shows lightdm using 31M. Switching to slim and lxdm saved memory, but they are not as useful. Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074279 Title: lightdm uses more physical memory than X To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1074279/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
