I have installed and reviewed seven versions of beta 2 of Ubuntu and six Flavors 18.04 LTS. In each review, I took memory consumption information at idle time at first login time. I accumulate them in a table (LibreOffice Calc) and make a chart of them. Here's the result chart comparing all Ubuntu original, and Kubuntu up to Ubuntu Budgie, including the new generation Lubuntu Next with my data. The result could give you a rough information of which systems take more and which other systems take less memory. This comparison is not precise in benchmarking sense and you should not rely on this for scientific purpose.
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The data:
- Ubuntu original (GNOME): 1200 MiB
- Kubuntu: 370 MiB
- Lubuntu: 230 MiB
- Lubuntu Next: 266 MiB
- Xubuntu: 340MiB
- Ubuntu MATE: 640 MiB
- Ubuntu Budgie: 930 MiB
The computer specification:
- Acer Aspire One
- Intel Pentium
- 4GB of RAM
- 16GB of SanDisk SDCard 48MB/s
- 8GB partition, 2GB swap
The chart:
The chart, sorted from smallest to biggest:
Download the source:
I make the chart using LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet and here you can download the file: mem.ods.
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| Calc presenting the chart |
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