I decided to try Fedora 25 Gnome. 4 GB of RAM proved not enough for Chrome,
this considering gnome starts already at 1.3 GB. All in all it does'n feel
much different than Unity in mem usage. Xubuntu and the lighter bunch start
with less ram, so Chrome has a harder time swapping. I would not care about
Chrome, but my wife is using it ( I'm a firefox guy). I stayed with Fedora,
but I had to buy 8 extra GB of ram and disable swap. The system works fine
since then.
On Dec 6, 2016 10:55 PM, "Ryan Karolak" <1572...@bugs.launchpad.net>
wrote:
Evolution is the application that Ubuntu uses for calendar, mail, and
contacts. A similar program would be Mozilla's Thunderbird.
It doesn't surprise me that removing it would free up some RAM, but I
don't think this is necessarily the root of the problem. Removing it
from other versions of Ubuntu would similarly free up RAM there as well.
Chrome has also always been a memory hog for years. It's a problem
across all platforms, not just Ubuntu/GNU/Linux. Disabling as many
extensions and add-ons can help there.
I haven't done much testing myself, but it may be worth testing
different Window and Desktop Managers to see if it Unity maybe plays a
role in the problem.
My machine is a 2013 Pixel (Reflashed ROM) running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
(Unity). I have 4 GB of RAM and I have more than one or two applications
it starts swapping much sooner than I'd expect.
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Title:
Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Status in linux source package in Xenial:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Ubuntu 16.04 64bit ISO number 20160420.1
unity version 7.4.0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu 16.04 64bit ram usage has increase dramatically over Ubuntu 15.10
Ubuntu 16.04 ram roughly 1 GB Ubuntu15.10 can be tuned to 420, 450 MB
Ubuntu 16.04 with unity uses 1GB whereas Kubuntu 16.04 is using 420MB
live usb
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: unity 7.4.0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/
screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Apr 21 01:44:22 2016
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated
Graphics Controller [8086:0412] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core
Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [1043:8534]
GsettingsChanges:
b'org.compiz.core' b'outputs' b"['1920x1080+0+0']"
b'org.compiz.core' b'active-plugins' b"['core', 'composite', 'opengl',
'place', 'regex', 'resize', 'session', 'snap', 'vpswitch', 'wall',
'animation', 'commands', 'compiztoolbox', 'copytex', 'fade', 'grid',
'imgpng', 'mousepoll', 'move', 'scale', 'unitymtgrabhandles',
'workarounds', 'expo', 'ezoom', 'unityshell']"
b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module'
b"'gtk-im-context-simple'"
b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'scaling-factor' b'uint32 1'
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160420.1)
MachineType: ASUS All Series
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/03/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2004
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: Z87-PLUS
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2004:bd06/03/2014:svnASUS:
pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnZ87-PLUS:rvrRev1.xx:
cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: All Series
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
