[Discuss] excessive memory usage in Ubuntu

[Dan Ritter]

Tom Luo wrote: 
> Hi, Dan,
> 
> I did replace the startxfce4 command with
> "xfce4-session-manager".
> However, I see this screen after I login in. Please see the following
> screenshot:
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hkbluesky/VNC/master/Screen%20Shot%202019-09-10%20at%202.44.48%20PM.png
> I tired many key combinations. The screen stays the same.
> Do you know why?

That's interesting. It looks like the session manager didn't start the window
manager or the panel manager. 

> I also tried LXDE. This works and the memory usage is not too bad.

if that works for you, you should continue using it.

-dsr-