Ah. The above journal entries are from gnome-shell-extension-desktop- icons.
So it sounds like something unusual about your *.desktop files in ~/Desktop are the trigger here. ** Also affects: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815550 Title: [nvidia] gnome-shell high memory and CPU usage when using zsh To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1815550/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs