[Bug 1757298] [NEW] GNOME Shell is consuming most of memory; Laptop RAM = 4 G.B; .

[Dhruv Patel]

Public bug reported:

gnome shell is consuming most of my laptop's memory, i.e. ~700 MB / 3.8 GB.
Currently using Ubuntu 17.10 >> Artful Aardvark. 
RAM consumption is pretty high even if you compare it to Chrome, having 5 tabs open and running simultaneously.

Please solve this for laptops running on low memory. (4 GB)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:17.10.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-37.42-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Mar 20 20:12:33 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-18 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: dist-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2018-03-20 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful dist-upgrade wayland-session

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Title:
  GNOME Shell is consuming most of memory; Laptop RAM = 4 G.B;.

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  gnome shell is consuming most of my laptop's memory, i.e. ~700 MB / 3.8 GB.
  Currently using Ubuntu 17.10 >> Artful Aardvark. 
  RAM consumption is pretty high even if you compare it to Chrome, having 5 tabs open and running simultaneously.

  Please solve this for laptops running on low memory. (4 GB)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:17.10.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-37.42-generic 4.13.13
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-37-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue Mar 20 20:12:33 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-18 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: dist-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2018-03-20 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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