Even on a desktop, gnome-software not running all the time makes hardly a distinction. Searches for software may take a second longer (probably gnome-software startup time), still it works perfectly fine.
One can try this by killing gnome-software, then searching for something using the activities menu. This starts up gnome-software fully automatic. But it's not terminated after the search is done, which is certainly part of the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1616332 Title: gnome-software using hundreds of MB of memory when not in use To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1616332/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
