---- On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:19:37 -0500 sirgazil <sirga...@zoho.com> wrote ---- > Hello, > > I've been experiencing the following behavior for months, but didn't have > the time to report anything. > > When I boot, a fresh GNOME session uses around 1.3 GiB (I don't know if this > is normal). > > After several hours of work, the desktop starts feeling somewhat slow (e.g. > when launching apps, switching work spaces). When this happens, RAM usage is > around 3 GiB (of 4 GiB in total). If I continue working, RAM usage continues > to go up little by little, and I have to reboot at some point, because > memory is not released and things become slower.
Actually, I left the computer on overnight and this morning it was so slow that the cursor barely moved. So it seems it doesn't matter whether I do any interaction with the running applications, RAM usage grows anyways. Resources in GNOME System Control: https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-ram-eaten-resources-2020-02-25.png Processes in GNOME System Control: https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-ram-eaten-processes-2020-02-25.png Processes in top: https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-ram-eaten-top-2020-02-25.png Again, the ".gnome-shell-real" run by the gdm user seems to be the problem.
