I figured it out... the problem was setting the templates directory in .config/user-dirs.dirs as:
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" This causes nautilus to go berserk for some reason; I should have known better than to set one of the directories to my Desktop, I guess. -- nautilus frequently uses 100% cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420966 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs