It turns out that "text-shadow" appears to be leaking memory. I submitted a upstream report with a testcase.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #686209 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686209 ** Also affects: software-center via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686209 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058523 Title: Software center page changes add between 2 and 6 meg to the memory size To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center/+bug/1058523/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs