Fwd: Desktop Memory Usage

[Don Scorgie <DonScorgie Blueyonder co uk>]

Hi,

Came across this on the Ubuntu devel list.  Thought it might interest
some of the performance people in GNOME.

Don

On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 19:04 -0400, Saad Shakhshir wrote:
> I came across an interesting article today detailing a study of memory
> usage across various desktop environments.  The OP used Exmap and free
> (just as a reference although those numbers aren't too useful).  In
> short the conclusion is that Gnome consumes the most memory by far,
> followed by KDE, followed by XFCE, and WMaker uses the least. 
> 
> I believe there may be some useful information and statistics here as
> we move forward on developing, testing, and optimizing Ubuntu. 
> 
> http://ktown.kde.org/~seli/memory/
> 
> -SS-