Comment 5 for bug 449196

These are the only processes that takes at least 0.1% CPU (I did the check with all user apps turned off (except gnome-terminal):

%CPU %MEM PID COMMAND
8.5 1.4 1386 /usr/bin/X :0 -br -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-PIaXTx/database -nolisten tcp vt7
1.1 1.3 2452 /usr/bin/compiz.real --ignore-desktop-hints --replace --sm-client-id 10b7b700b53b73f23125555692718132100000023000024 move resize place decoration animation
0.6 0.3 2524 /usr/lib/gnome-applets/multiload-applet-2 --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_MultiLoadApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=32
0.5 0.1 2348 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start
0.3 0.7 2453 gnome-panel
0.1 0.5 2834 kdeinit4: kded4 [kdeinit] e
0.1 0.5 2638 gnome-terminal --geometry=140x40
0.1 0.2 2498 /usr/bin/gtk-window-decorator