While running Zorin, gnome-software's memory consumption keeps increasing

[pazoff]

@Hackgets

Probably so. Eventually the cache runs out and starts swapping.

Turn off swap and install zRAM

Top X+1 things to do after installing Zorin OS 16

34. Enable zRAM zRAM dedicates a portion of your RAM to act as a swap space, but compressed to save RAM. This is faster than traditional swap on HDD and SSD as it uses the speed of the RAM. To enable zRAM, just type this on the terminal: sudo apt install zram-config And reboot your system, zRAM is now configured. 35...