Confirmed for 14.04 trusty. – Better visible on the CPU impact on compiz.
The bug is: panel-updates (seconds on the clock, or system monitor multiload) use excessive CPU with unity. Netbook CPUs like Atom N270 need 5% for that... :-( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/813409 Title: unity-panel-service uses CPU constantly when indicator-datetime is displaying seconds. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/813409/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs