Same with me. I updated from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS and now I am not anymore able to open the preferences because RAM gets bloated until it crashes.
OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x86_64 Kernel: Linux 6.8.0-38-generic Windowing System: Wayland GNOME Version 46 Hardware Model: Lenovo ThinkPad E595 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U GPU: Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 8 Memory: 16 GiB -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/2069150/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs