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remy18

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Registered: 2015-03-22

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Xfce use more memory than gnome [solved]

Hello,

I recently switched to gnome from xfce but i don't understand why xfce use so much ram on my computer ,with gnome i had 600/700 mo of memory usage but with xfce i have 900mo/1go usage with just cairo-dock extra(70mo) .

Why?

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karol

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Re: Xfce use more memory than gnome [solved]

Post the output of 'free -h'.

ooo

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Re: Xfce use more memory than gnome [solved]

you should use something like top or gnome-system-monitor to figure out which processes are eating your ram.

remy18

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Re: Xfce use more memory than gnome [solved]

free -h give me:

           total       utilisé      libre     partagé tamp/cache   disponible
Mem:           7,7G        315M        5,4G        2,5M        2,1G        7,2G
Partition d'échange:        8,8G          0B        8,8G 

And i tried with the task manager but i didn't see any  process wich use too much memory.

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Re: Xfce use more memory than gnome [solved]

Why did you think that xfce would magically use less ram? (Also use LANG=en_GB.utf8 when posting)

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remy18

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Re: Xfce use more memory than gnome [solved]

Because xfce is more lightweight than gnome.

karol

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Re: Xfce use more memory than gnome [solved]

It says your system uses 315 M. Also, you have 8 GB of RAM, so e.g. an extra 100 M shouldn't be a problem.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FA … _my_RAM.3F

https://www.archlinux.org/packages/comm … ny/ps_mem/ will help you with figuring out what applications use it.

remy18

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Re: Xfce use more memory than gnome [solved]

understood ,thanks to everyone for answers