Evaluated a few other live 64bit distros with Gnome-shell and RAM usage. Kali Linux 2016.1 Kernel 4.3.0 Gnome-shell version 3.18.1-1 Gnome version 3.18.2 RAM = 713MB
Fedora 24 Kernel 4.5.5-300 Gnome-Shell version 3.20-1 RAM = 1GB Solus 1.2 Kernel 4.3.0 Gnome-Shell version 3.18.1-1 RAM = 555MB -- 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/linux/+bug/1572801/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs