Can you please open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), type in
software-center And then paste the output when it starts to become slow/memory hog. ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- software centre is memory hog and sometimes becomes unresponsive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542336 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs