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xrestop - go after your application's bloat... (GnomeDesktop)

GnomeDesktop.org looks at the xrestop utility, which can show X window system resource usage. "Some commonly used applications are using (wasting) an amazing amount of resources, for no apparent benefit. Xmms is using > 400 windows and wasting 10 megabytes is surprising, just to name one "interesting" result."
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