Thanks for your bugreport. gnome-app-install and update-manager got a lot better with regard of resource handling in feisty. This shouldn't be a issue anymore unless the ram is really limited.
Thanks, Michael ** Changed in: gnome-app-install (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Dapper: Add/Remove applications and Update Manager make the system unresponsive https://launchpad.net/bugs/45250 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs