This is happening to me also (huge RAM consumption then OOM killer upon gedit -> Preferences, Ubuntu 24 LTS).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2069150 Title: Gedit/Text editor have huge ram and cpu usage which leads to crash when Preferences openned. Status in gedit package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Gedit/Text editor have huge cpu and ram usage which leads to crash when Preferences openned. OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x86_64 Kernel: 6.8.0-35-generic Shell: bash 5.2.21 DE: GNOME 46.0 WM: Mutter CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (12) @ 3.500GH GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Memory: 2422MiB / 32014MiB To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/2069150/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
