Ubuntu 17.04 vs. openSUSE Tumbleweed Desktop Memory Use
Some memory idle results on Ubuntu 17.04 and openSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE and GNOME.


Ubuntu 17.04: GNOME Shell 3.24: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3072MB (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Ubuntu 17.04: KDE Plasma 5: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3072MB (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Tumbleweed: KDE Plasma 5: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: openSUSE 20170825, Kernel: 4.12.8-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Tumbleweed: GNOME Shell 3.24: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: openSUSE 20170825, Kernel: 4.12.8-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440


Timed Idle
Memory Usage Monitor
Megabytes < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04: GNOME Shell 3.24 . MIN: 731  AVG: 744   MAX: 756 
Ubuntu 17.04: KDE Plasma 5 ..... MIN: 934  AVG: 988   MAX: 1182 
Tumbleweed: KDE Plasma 5 ....... MIN: 430  AVG: 433   MAX: 437 
Tumbleweed: GNOME Shell 3.24 ... MIN: 669  AVG: 674   MAX: 684