Gnu/Linux desktops-windows managers RAM ShoWDowN

[Deb-fan]

There's been a tad bit of which OS/distro and what desktop environment vs windows managers use what, how much RAM, going around the forums. So if anybody feels like sharing their stats, this thread is as good a place as any eh ? Some ground rules to keep it fair to everyone.

If you so desire provide the following information/stats:
* The operating system(s) used and version thereof + 32 or 64bit, Debian, Arch, Bunsenlabs gnu/Linux etc ?
* Just to be anal is the install VM-virtual machine or bare metal (installed on a disk)?
* Which desktop environment(s) or windows manager(s) and the version numbers are involved ?
* Finally at bootup/start up memory stats (ie: via the "free -m" command, ps_mem etc) ? Also realise some nixers would rather swallow their tongue than reboot, so if that's you, how about just shutting everything but the bare minimum down for this. Though if so inclined share your systems uptime too.

Since this my hair brained thread, only right I should start.

#1. Bare-metal Debian 9.8 32bit netinstall, openbox v 3.6.1-4, memory at bootup = 85mbs-ram according to the free -m command. While ps_mem is reporting 103.8mbs.

Note: Though ps_mem also tells me the terminal I'm using to run these commands in is using 17mbs of that, so it's 103.8 - 17 = 86.8mbs. Yep ... I'm anal.

#2. Bare-metal Debian 9.7 64bit netinstall, with openbox 3.6.1-4, memory at bootup = 117mbs-ram free -m, whereas ps_mem says 120.4mbs - 25.8 (for the pesky terminal again.) comes out to 94.6mbs.

Well that's my stats folks and welcome to the gnu/Linux OS/desktop/windows manager memory SHOWDOWN !!!

[sunrat]

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$ free
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:        4043008      535584     2738976        8328      768448     3273820
Swap:       2406396           0     2406396

- bare metal (bare silicon actually, it's SSD)

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$ inxi -F
System:    Host: siduction-brain2 Kernel: 5.1.16-towo.1-siduction-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.14.5 Distro: siduction 17.1.0 Patience - kde - (201703051755)
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: EP45-UD3R v: x.x serial: <root required> BIOS: Award
           v: F3 date: 09/18/2008
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo E8500 bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 6144 KiB
           Speed: 2820 MHz min/max: 2000/3166 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2820 2: 3006
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GF114 [GeForce GTX 560 Ti] driver: nouveau v: kernel
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz

It boots to ~497MB but the terminal to run free takes 30 something MB. System was installed a couple of years ago and used to boot to ~400MB but I've added a few startups like Conky and KDEConnect.

On the same machine in a fairly fresh Stretch install with KDE Plasma 5.12.7 from NeptuneOS, it boots to about 355MB RAM which is almost the same as MX with Xfce uses. It amuses me when I read about KDE being bloated as that is history. Compare it to reports of current Gnome using 1,000MB or more.
I can also understand why some like to use a plain window manager instead of a DE, but my days of constant tweaking systems are over and for me a saving of a couple hundred MB is not worth losing all the nice Plasma 5 functionality.

[Deb-fan]

^ New rule if you have 6 million gigs of RAM and 3 ssd's, don't bother posting (jealous.) Thanks for posting. BTW people the ground rules aren't set in stone. Main thing is so we all can get some real life interesting resource stats for this verses that.

@Sunrat have toyed with getting an ssd for this old thing, they're getting cheap nowadays but it'd be like trying to put a Ferrari engine in a Volkswagen.

[GarryRicketson]

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garry@debian:~$ inxi -F
System:
  Host: debian Kernel: 4.19.0-5-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Console: tty 2
  Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine:
  Type: Qemu System: QEMU product: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
  v: pc-i440fx-3.1 serial: <root required>
  Mobo: N/A model: N/A serial: N/A BIOS: SeaBIOS
  v: rel-1.12.0-0-ga698c8995f-prebuilt.qemu.org date: 04/01/2014
CPU:
  Topology: Single Core model: QEMU Virtual version 2.5+ bits: 64 type: UP
  L2 cache: 512 KiB
  Speed: 2993 MHz min/max: N/A Core speed (MHz): 1: 2993
Graphics:
  Device-1: driver: bochs-drm v: N/A
  Display: tty server: X.org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
  tty: 80x18
  Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console. Try -G --display
Audio:
  Message: No Device data found.
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge
  driver: piix4_smbus
  Device-2: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000
  IF: ens3 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 52:54:00:12:34:56
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 20.00 GiB used: 4.59 GiB (22.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: QEMU model: HARDDISK size: 20.00 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 19.08 GiB used: 4.59 GiB (24.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 498.0 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors:
  Message: No sensors data was found. Is sensors configured?
Info:
  Processes: 97 Uptime: 3h 00m Memory: 963.4 MiB used: 204.9 MiB (21.3%)
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.32
garry@debian:~$
 


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garry@debian:~$ free -h
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:          963Mi       157Mi       524Mi       4.0Mi       281Mi       662Mi
Swap:         497Mi          0B       497Mi
garry@debian:~$



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garry@debian:~$ neofetch
       _,met$$$$$gg.          garry@debian
    ,g$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P.       ------------
  ,g$$P"     """Y$$.".        OS: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) x86_64
 ,$$P'              `$$$.     Host: KVM/QEMU (Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 199
',$$P       ,ggs.     `$$b:   Kernel: 4.19.0-5-amd64
`d$$'     ,$P"'   .    $$$    Uptime: 1 hour, 59 mins
 $$P      d$'     ,    $$P    Packages: 1068 (dpkg)
 $$:      $$.   -    ,d$$'    Shell: bash 5.0.3
 $$;      Y$b._   _,d$P'      Resolution: 1024x768
 Y$$.    `.`"Y$$$$P"'         WM: fvwm
 `$$b      "-.__              Terminal: xterm
  `Y$$                        Terminal Font: fixed
   `Y$$.                      CPU: QEMU Virtual version 2.5+ (1) @ 2.992GHz
     `$$b.                    GPU: Vendor 1234 Device 1111
       `Y$$b.                 Memory: 169MiB / 963MiB
          `"Y$b._
              `"""                                   


garry@debian:~$

Guess that says it all
==== edited for humans "free -h ===
apology, us bots forget humans need help

[sunrat]

^ New rule if you have 6 million gigs of RAM and 3 ssd's, don't bother posting (jealous.)

This machine is over 10 years old with 4GB RAM. I promise not to post results from my newer i5/16GB one.

@Sunrat have toyed with getting an ssd for this old thing, they're getting cheap nowadays but it'd be like trying to put a Ferrari engine in a Volkswagen.

I put the SSD in maybe 7 years ago and this old faithful system has run nicely ever since. I don't think I'd be using it still if it only had spinny disks (it still has 2 of them for data, SSDs were frightfully expensive in 2011). Totally worth the upgrade. It wouldn't be like putting a Ferrari engine in a VW, but more like trading in your VW for a Ferrari for the cost of a tank of petrol.

[Deb-fan]

^ Lmao, nice. Don't think the buses could handle the throughput. Doubt the ssd would ever live up to potential due to one bottleneck or other but at $40 summin bucks, if/when the rust drive dies, might try it anyway. Will definitely repair if possible, rather than trash.

Thanks GaryR but new, new rule. Maybe "free -h" command might be the way to go.

[GarryRicketson]

Edited, using : free -h

[Deb-fan]

^ Hey thanks fellow nixer. My eyeballs and brain feel fuzzy, no sleep. Thank de gawds for energy drinks! Come on folks strut your stats please. Three nixers does not a ram showdown make.

[Hallvor]

This install is from when Wheezy was testing, I am guessing early 2013. Upgraded to Stretch.

I am writing this from a 32 bit Asus eee netbook with TDE:

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hallvor@debian-netbook:~$ free -m
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           2010         123        1625          24         262        1651
Swap:          2027           0        2027

Konsole + File manager (Konqueror) and Web browser (Konqueror) on FDN:

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hallvor@debian-netbook:~$ free -m
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           2010         148        1557          36         304        1612
Swap:          2027           0        2027

[Wheelerof4te]

This is from GNOME Buster, soon to be Debian 10.

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free -m
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           7894        1532        4581         185        1781        5900
Swap:          7628           0        7628


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inxi -F
System:
  Host: debian Kernel: 4.19.0-5-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Gnome 3.30.2
  Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Notebook
  v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <root required>
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 80C2 v: 96.51 serial: <root required>
  UEFI: Insyde v: F.27 date: 07/05/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 13.2 Wh condition: 13.2/41.4 Wh (32%)
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Pentium 3825U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  L2 cache: 2048 KiB
  Speed: 799 MHz min/max: 500/1900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 797 2: 798
  3: 798 4: 798
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: AMD Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430]
  driver: radeon v: kernel
  Display: wayland server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: radeon
  resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Broadwell GT1 v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio
  driver: snd_hda_intel
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-5-amd64
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 17.87 GiB (1.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10JPVX-60JC3T0
  size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 63.67 GiB used: 4.31 GiB (6.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /home size: 843.89 GiB used: 13.55 GiB (1.6%) fs: ext4
  dev: /dev/sda4
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 7.45 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 34.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 34 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 259 Uptime: 11h 31m Memory: 7.71 GiB used: 1.64 GiB (21.3%)
  Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.32


I can use amdgpu kernel module instead of radeon (SI card), but I don't game a lot on these hot, summer days.
EDIT: The measuremnt is taken while Chromium was open with 2 tabs. So, take away some 600-700 MB of RAM (in this case, it's about 900 MB total on idle+terminal).

[CwF]

^ New rule..., don't bother posting

I exceed the brag limit, but the stretch 9.8 hypervisor boots to a about 525MB with xfce, then lives 45-60 days @ 18-26GB loaded, until a courtesy reboot or upgrade.

The base vm image, minimums and typical buster.

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:~/Desktop$ free -h
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           1.9G        292M        1.1G        7.4M        448M        1.3G
Swap:            0B          0B          0B

Usually 4-6 of those running, some additional vm's exceeding the brag limit with dedicated hardware.
updated from that other post...

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dom0@computer:~$ uptime
 15:51:23 up 46 days, 19:00,  3 users,  load average: 1.06, 1.00, 1.07
dom0@computer:~$ free -h
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            31G         19G        992M        571M         10G         10G
Swap:          7.6G        768M        6.9G

And that's version 2, ver 1 was bigger but slower, just wait for version 3!

[wizard10000]

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wizard@wizard-laptop:~$ free -h
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:          7.7Gi       405Mi       6.8Gi       9.0Mi       523Mi       7.1Gi
Swap:         4.0Gi          0B       4.0Gi


Sid/openbox/5.02 kernel from Experimental. If I rename ~/.config/openbox/autostart RAM usage drops to 311MB - kinda portly for an openbox install but I have a bunch of gvfs installed.

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wizard@wizard-laptop:~$ inxi -F
System:
  Host: wizard-laptop Kernel: 5.0.0-trunk-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: Openbox 3.6.1 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Precision M4800 v: 00
  serial: <root required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0T3YTY v: A00 serial: <root required> BIOS: Dell v: A25
  date: 10/08/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 70.9 Wh condition: 70.9/86.6 Wh (82%)
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4800MQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  L2 cache: 6144 KiB
  Speed: 3625 MHz min/max: 800/3700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3601 2: 3656
  3: 3592 4: 3494 5: 3591 6: 3631 7: 3541 8: 3620
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK107GLM [Quadro K1100M] driver: nouveau v: kernel
  Display: tty server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nouveau
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: NVE7 v: 4.3 Mesa 18.3.6
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
  driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.0.0-trunk-amd64
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM driver: e1000e
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: ec:f4:bb:33:3b:4c
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: 80:86:f2:40:df:12
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 689.33 GiB used: 408.49 GiB (59.3%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT240M500SSD1 size: 223.57 GiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: HM500JJ size: 465.76 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 15.03 GiB used: 6.62 GiB (44.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-2: /home size: 200.03 GiB used: 16.52 GiB (8.3%) fs: ext4
  dev: /dev/sda3
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
  Missing: Required tool sensors not installed. Check --recommends
Info:
  Processes: 186 Uptime: 12m Memory: 7.73 GiB used: 1020.1 MiB (12.9%)
  Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.34
wizard@wizard-laptop:~$

[Deb-fan]

No worries the spec limit was only kidding. Thanks for sharing stats. Not looking like there's going to be much of a sample size though. Arghhh.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Debian buster running Sway on the bare metal with a metric shit-tonne of RAM available (64-bit):

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E485:~/git/ps_mem$ free -h
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           15Gi       211Mi        14Gi        26Mi       196Mi        14Gi
Swap:         4.0Gi          0B       4.0Gi
E485:~/git/ps_mem$ sudo ./ps_mem.py 
 Private  +   Shared  =  RAM used       Program

120.0 KiB + 165.5 KiB = 285.5 KiB       sleep
256.0 KiB + 303.5 KiB = 559.5 KiB       sh (3)
340.0 KiB + 224.5 KiB = 564.5 KiB       cron
832.0 KiB + 109.5 KiB = 941.5 KiB       alsactl
536.0 KiB + 621.0 KiB =   1.1 MiB       loksh (2)
900.0 KiB + 286.5 KiB =   1.2 MiB       login
  1.0 MiB + 392.5 KiB =   1.4 MiB       sudo
  1.2 MiB + 364.5 KiB =   1.5 MiB       dbus-daemon
  1.2 MiB + 822.5 KiB =   2.0 MiB       systemd-logind
  1.7 MiB + 315.5 KiB =   2.0 MiB       systemd-udevd
  1.3 MiB + 849.5 KiB =   2.1 MiB       systemd-timesyncd
  2.4 MiB + 831.5 KiB =   3.2 MiB       systemd-journald
  3.2 MiB +  69.5 KiB =   3.3 MiB       wpa_supplicant
  1.7 MiB +   2.7 MiB =   4.4 MiB       swaybar
  3.0 MiB +   4.6 MiB =   7.6 MiB       systemd (3)
  9.3 MiB +   5.1 MiB =  14.4 MiB       swaybg
 12.4 MiB +   6.4 MiB =  18.8 MiB       weston-terminal
 55.4 MiB +  10.8 MiB =  66.1 MiB       sway
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                        131.5 MiB
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E485:~/git/ps_mem$

Same machine running dwm (with slstatus for the panel readout):

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E485:~$ free -h
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           15Gi       199Mi        15Gi       8.0Mi       175Mi        14Gi
Swap:         4.0Gi          0B       4.0Gi
E485:~/git/ps_mem$ sudo ./ps_mem.py                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Private  +   Shared  =  RAM used       Program

220.0 KiB +  79.5 KiB = 299.5 KiB       startx
276.0 KiB + 232.5 KiB = 508.5 KiB       xinit
296.0 KiB + 236.5 KiB = 532.5 KiB       slstatus
336.0 KiB + 232.5 KiB = 568.5 KiB       cron
468.0 KiB + 223.5 KiB = 691.5 KiB       dbus-launch
636.0 KiB + 135.5 KiB = 771.5 KiB       loksh
864.0 KiB + 133.5 KiB = 997.5 KiB       alsactl
908.0 KiB + 281.5 KiB =   1.2 MiB       login
  1.0 MiB + 372.5 KiB =   1.4 MiB       sudo
  1.0 MiB +   1.0 MiB =   2.0 MiB       dbus-daemon (2)
  1.2 MiB + 884.5 KiB =   2.0 MiB       systemd-logind
  1.7 MiB + 330.5 KiB =   2.1 MiB       systemd-udevd
  1.3 MiB + 886.5 KiB =   2.1 MiB       systemd-timesyncd
  1.3 MiB +   1.6 MiB =   2.9 MiB       dwm
  2.4 MiB + 832.5 KiB =   3.3 MiB       systemd-journald
  3.3 MiB +  69.5 KiB =   3.3 MiB       wpa_supplicant
  3.0 MiB +   4.7 MiB =   7.7 MiB       systemd (3)
  8.1 MiB +   1.7 MiB =   9.8 MiB       xterm
 66.6 MiB + 771.5 KiB =  67.3 MiB       Xorg
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                        109.4 MiB
=================================
E485:~/git/ps_mem$

MX Linux 18.3 (XFCE desktop, stripped) running under QEMU/KVM (4GiB assigned):

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empty@virtual:~ $ free -h                                                               
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           3.9G        234M        3.4G         41M        249M        3.4G
Swap:            0B          0B          0B
empty@virtual:~/git/ps_mem $ sudo ./ps_mem.py
 Private  +   Shared  =  RAM used   Program

 88.0 KiB +  76.5 KiB = 164.5 KiB   sh
116.0 KiB +  76.5 KiB = 192.5 KiB   startx
184.0 KiB +  36.5 KiB = 220.5 KiB   acpid
260.0 KiB +  79.5 KiB = 339.5 KiB   xinit
328.0 KiB + 103.5 KiB = 431.5 KiB   cron
500.0 KiB +  65.5 KiB = 565.5 KiB   dbus-launch
456.0 KiB + 140.5 KiB = 596.5 KiB   ck-launch-session
608.0 KiB +  59.5 KiB = 667.5 KiB   mksh
592.0 KiB +  79.5 KiB = 671.5 KiB   cgmanager
664.0 KiB + 179.5 KiB = 843.5 KiB   xfconfd
756.0 KiB + 235.5 KiB = 991.5 KiB   gpg-agent
856.0 KiB + 243.5 KiB =   1.1 MiB   at-spi-bus-launcher
860.0 KiB + 297.5 KiB =   1.1 MiB   at-spi2-registryd
796.0 KiB + 521.5 KiB =   1.3 MiB   systemd-logind
  1.4 MiB +  99.5 KiB =   1.5 MiB   systemd-udevd
  1.2 MiB + 389.5 KiB =   1.6 MiB   systemd-journald
  1.4 MiB + 229.5 KiB =   1.6 MiB   ntpd
  1.5 MiB + 255.5 KiB =   1.8 MiB   console-kit-daemon
  1.3 MiB + 779.5 KiB =   2.1 MiB   login
  1.6 MiB + 691.5 KiB =   2.3 MiB   dbus-daemon (3)
  1.7 MiB + 827.5 KiB =   2.5 MiB   sudo
  2.3 MiB + 325.5 KiB =   2.6 MiB   polkitd
  2.1 MiB +   1.0 MiB =   3.1 MiB   panel-6-systray
  2.8 MiB + 334.5 KiB =   3.1 MiB   upowerd
  2.5 MiB + 982.5 KiB =   3.4 MiB   Thunar
  2.5 MiB +   1.3 MiB =   3.9 MiB   panel-1-xfce4-o
  3.2 MiB +   1.2 MiB =   4.3 MiB   xfsettingsd
  3.4 MiB +   1.1 MiB =   4.6 MiB   panel-9-actions
  3.5 MiB +   1.1 MiB =   4.6 MiB   xfce4-session (2)
  3.9 MiB +   1.6 MiB =   5.5 MiB   xfwm4
  2.6 MiB +   3.1 MiB =   5.6 MiB   systemd (3)
  4.2 MiB +   1.6 MiB =   5.8 MiB   xfce4-panel
  7.0 MiB +   1.0 MiB =   8.0 MiB   pulseaudio
  7.2 MiB +   3.3 MiB =  10.5 MiB   panel-20-whiske
  6.1 MiB +   5.2 MiB =  11.3 MiB   volumeicon
 10.0 MiB +   3.6 MiB =  13.6 MiB   xfce4-terminal
 10.9 MiB +   9.2 MiB =  20.0 MiB   polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
 10.7 MiB +   9.4 MiB =  20.1 MiB   xfce4-notifyd
 25.1 MiB +   1.3 MiB =  26.4 MiB   xfdesktop
 32.3 MiB +  21.1 MiB =  53.4 MiB   compton
 59.5 MiB +  20.3 MiB =  79.8 MiB   Xorg
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                        312.1 MiB
=================================
empty@virtual:~/git/ps_mem $

Alpine Linux (edge) also under QEMU/KVM with the stock XFCE desktop:

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alpine:~$ free -h
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:          3.9Gi       165Mi       3.6Gi       0.0Ki        70Mi       3.5Gi
Swap:            0B          0B          0B
176.0 KiB +  54.5 KiB = 230.5 KiB       dbus-launch
284.0 KiB +  11.5 KiB = 295.5 KiB       chronyd
212.0 KiB +  96.5 KiB = 308.5 KiB       ash
512.0 KiB + 229.0 KiB = 741.0 KiB       dbus-daemon (2)
496.0 KiB + 329.5 KiB = 825.5 KiB       at-spi-bus-launcher
640.0 KiB + 352.5 KiB = 992.5 KiB       at-spi2-registryd
  1.0 MiB +  10.5 KiB =   1.0 MiB       udevd
760.0 KiB + 282.5 KiB =   1.0 MiB       xfconfd
864.0 KiB + 596.0 KiB =   1.4 MiB       busybox (12)
  1.9 MiB +   1.0 MiB =   2.9 MiB       xfce4-power-manager
  5.3 MiB + 192.5 KiB =   5.5 MiB       xterm
  5.7 MiB +   1.5 MiB =   7.2 MiB       panel-6-systray
  6.3 MiB +   1.2 MiB =   7.6 MiB       xfsettingsd
  6.1 MiB +   1.6 MiB =   7.7 MiB       xfce4-session
  6.3 MiB +   1.5 MiB =   7.7 MiB       Thunar
  5.8 MiB +   2.0 MiB =   7.8 MiB       panel-2-actioons
  7.0 MiB +   3.1 MiB =  10.1 MiB       xfwm4
 10.9 MiB +   3.4 MiB =  14.2 MiB       xfce4-panel
 15.4 MiB +   1.9 MiB =  17.3 MiB       xfdesktop
 52.1 MiB + 352.5 KiB =  52.5 MiB       Xorg
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                        147.6 MiB
=================================
alpine:~/git/ps_mem$

And finally we have Devuan beowulf (OpenRC init) with dwm & slstatus under QEMU/KVM:

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devuan:~$ free -h
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:          3.9Gi        69Mi       3.7Gi       0.0Ki       117Mi       3.6Gi
Swap:            0B          0B          0B
devuan:~/git/ps_mem$ sudo ./ps_mem.py
 Private  +   Shared  =  RAM used       Program

220.0 KiB +  74.5 KiB = 294.5 KiB       startx
272.0 KiB + 108.5 KiB = 380.5 KiB       cron
292.0 KiB + 116.5 KiB = 408.5 KiB       init
260.0 KiB + 227.5 KiB = 487.5 KiB       xinit
280.0 KiB + 237.5 KiB = 517.5 KiB       slstatus
368.0 KiB + 208.5 KiB = 576.5 KiB       dbus-launch
616.0 KiB + 130.5 KiB = 746.5 KiB       loksh
564.0 KiB + 687.0 KiB =   1.2 MiB       dbus-daemon (2)
592.0 KiB + 690.5 KiB =   1.3 MiB       getty (5)
  1.1 MiB + 341.5 KiB =   1.4 MiB       login
  1.0 MiB + 434.5 KiB =   1.4 MiB       sudo
  1.8 MiB + 119.5 KiB =   1.9 MiB       elogind-daemon
  1.8 MiB + 195.5 KiB =   2.0 MiB       rsyslogd
  1.3 MiB +   1.3 MiB =   2.6 MiB       dwm
  2.8 MiB + 221.5 KiB =   3.0 MiB       udevd
  7.9 MiB +   1.5 MiB =   9.4 MiB       xterm
 47.3 MiB + 861.5 KiB =  48.1 MiB       Xorg
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                         75.6 MiB
=================================
devuan:~/git/ps_mem$

[Wheelerof4te]

^You are really itching my Sway tendrils right now (don't try it again, GNOME is working fine, don't try it again, me)