I installed new fresh-install ubuntu 16.04 64bits and noticed high ram usage, in my case, rapidly going to swap, so making ubuntu slow, with little work load. Previous versions (I always used 32bits on this machine) didn't swap on normal daily usage.
I'm on an relatively old Dell Latitude D530 with 2gb ram processor Intel Core 2 Duo @2.0ghz x2 graphics intel 965gm (system configurations -> update -> additional drivers says it's using the proprietary intel-microcode firmware for intel cpu but it wasn't activated on the previos ubuntus 32bit versions I used in past). I installed (from ubuntu software): dropbox (which is running, automaticly from start-up) , and also synaptic, gimp, inkscape, virtualbox (includes dkms), kazam, pulse audio volume control, viewnior, linssid (wich are NOT running). So now, I rebooted, opened firefox with only this tab, and system monitor, which is indicating 1.1gb ram usage. So I tried deactivating the proprietary intel-microcode firmware for intel cpu, but it seems to make no difference, Anyway, I will reboot now, and if I see difference, I'll write. If I can help, maybe some log or test, please let me know. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1572801/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
