[14.04 64Bit]-Mozilla Thunderbird High Memory Usage?

[O. Sinclair]

On 04/07/2014 16:34, Jesse Palser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Running Kubuntu 14.04 LTS 64Bit fully updated ("The Greatest OS In The
> History Of Computers").
> I'm on a slow thin client with Intel Celeron Dual-Core CPU and only 4GB
> DDR3 RAM.
> I would like to run a Genuine copy of Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32Bit in
> VMWare Player.
> My problem is Mozilla Thunderbird email client takes much RAM (~260MB ?).
> The email client has just 4 email accounts and all are configured for IMAP.
>
> Is ~260MB RAM usage normal for Mozilla Thunderbird email client?
> I would like to dedicate 1.5GB to the VMWare Player Win 8.1 Virtual
> Machine,
> but I am concerned that there won't be enough RAM left for VM with all
> my native apps running.
>
> ~260MB seems rather excessive RAM amount for a simple email client?
> Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
>
> Jesse
>
I have 3 pop accounts in Thunderbird and use 1 extension and it use 
about 150 MB RAM. To me the biggest user of RAM is by far Firefox, 
perhaps because I have quite a few extensions and normally 5 or so tabs 
open.

4 Gb RAM is to me not "only"... I run Windows Server 2012 in Virtualbox 
now and then and for sure, it aint fast but it works even though all my 
normal linux applications are running.

Kind regards
Sinclair