It does not just happen when opening the main overview. Even when you click on the network/volume/power panel applet and the pop-up opens, the memory usage increases.
Just repeatedly click on the network/volume/power panel applet and watch gnome-shell memory usage grow in system monitor with each click. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672297 Title: gnome-shell uses lots of memory, and grows over time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1672297/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
