{"id":1355,"date":"2011-05-22T10:40:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T10:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computergyan.wordpress.com\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2011-05-22T10:40:35","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T10:40:35","slug":"workaround-for-compiz-eating-too-much-memory-in-ubuntu-11-04-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/workaround-for-compiz-eating-too-much-memory-in-ubuntu-11-04-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Workaround for Compiz eating too much memory in Ubuntu 11.04 Unity."},"content":{"rendered":"

Unity<\/a> , which was released with Ubuntu 11.04<\/a> has one glaring error with compiz. It has a memory leak<\/a>!
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\nSo, if you leave your computer on for a long time , the memory consumption keeps on increasing . The bugs have already been reported to Canonical<\/a> . You can view the bugs here<\/a> , here<\/a> and here <\/a>. If you see that your computer is slowing down due to high usage of RAM , you can just press Alt + F2<\/strong> and type in<\/p>\n

 unity --replace &<\/code><\/pre>\n
This will cause unity to reload thus resetting the memory usage to around 40 MB.<\/p>\n
Note:<\/strong> Doing a unity –replace & will not log you off. But for safety of your data, always save the stuff you were working on before reloading unity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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