gnome-system-monitor 3.8 has several bugs, some are already reported in Launchpad, see for example LP bug #1174197 (gnome-system-monitor freezes when reordering columns in procs view), also LP bug #93847 (Excessive CPU usage by Gnome System Monitor)
Btw, are you 100% sure, that 3.10 and 3.12 releases doesn't work correctly in other desktop environments than GNOME-Shell? Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote 45 minutes ago: > @Mantas: how is 3.8 buggy? > The reason why 3.10 is not used has been stated in previous comment, it uses > widgets that correctly only under gnome-shell and would be buggy/a > regressions for users from other desktop environments -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1261608 Title: [FFe] Update GNOME System Monitor to 3.10.2-2 or sync latest 3.12.0-1 release from Debian testing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/1261608/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
