It was on a fresh install in Virtual Box, with only Open Weather as extension, on the Ubuntu session, nothing else.
That said, I tried earlier Ubuntu 17.10, but with the Pop!_OS PPA. And it was taking less RAM. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1718552 Title: gnome-shell uses lots of memory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1718552/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs