This doesn't sound right. gnome-shell only uses a couple hundred megabytes of RAM by default. How are you measuring it?
While the problem is happening, please run: ps auxw | grep gnome-shell > ps-gs.txt and attach the resulting text file here. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Tags added: gnome-shell-leak -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2043538 Title: gnome-shell takes too much ram To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/2043538/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs