BernieOct 13, 2020

Yesterday I went to the #Plasma room on Matrix to report a memory leak in plasmashell, and the developers suggested I try running it under heaptrack:
https://github.com/KDE/heaptrack

#Linux debug tools rarely come with a polished UI, but this one is absolutely superb 🤩

#programming #kde #qt

GitHub - KDE/heaptrack: A heap memory profiler for Linux

A heap memory profiler for Linux. Contribute to KDE/heaptrack development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadKaitoOct 13, 2020
@codewiz Should I try this? I'm pretty good at crashing Document Viewer.
Show threadBernieOct 13, 2020

@kai It's even packaged in #ArchLinux!

...which, btw, I am using.

...it's a rolling distro, you know?

...did you know? eh? eh?

Show threadKaitoOct 13, 2020
@codewiz Clear Linux is rolling as well, but I had to turn off auto updates since there are no sanity checks lol
Show threadBernieOct 14, 2020
@kai also, didn't they discontinue desktop support recently?
Show threadKaito
@codewiz no, they are just shipping stock Gnome 3 and putting less effort into optimizing desktop apps. It's still blazing fast though.
Oct 14, 2020 at 11:41amWeb
Show threadBernieOct 15, 2020

@kai Ok, just make sure you update your kernel soon!

https://www.securityweek.com/bleedingtooth-vulnerabilities-linux-bluetooth-allow-zero-click-attacks
#BleedingTooth

BleedingTooth: Vulnerabilities in Linux Bluetooth Allow Zero-Click Attacks | SecurityWeek.Com

Bluetooth vulnerabilities that a Google security researcher has identified in the Linux kernel could be exploited to run arbitrary code or access sensitive information

Show threadKaitoOct 15, 2020
@codewiz what makes you think this old Dell T3500 has Bluetooth? 😂
Show threadBernieOct 15, 2020
@kai #ClearLinux is still leading in benchmarks:
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=clear-fall-2020&num=8
How Intel's Clear Linux Is Competing Against Late-2020 Linux Distributions - Phoronix

Show threadKaitoOct 15, 2020
@codewiz even though my Pinebook Pro is objectively faster than my x86 laptop running Clear Linux, including boot times etc., Clear Linux inexplicably feels faster. Maybe it's all placebo.
Show threadBernieOct 16, 2020

@kai we need to do a double blind, where every morning someone reboots your dual-boot laptop into GNOME, and you just use it without knowing whether it's Clear Linux or whatever distro.

At the end of the day, you have to give a 1 to 5 judgement of snappy it was.

Show threadKaitoOct 16, 2020

@codewiz I always wanted someone to help me test my sound card like this 😋

I did ABX testing with a foobar2000 plugin to compare 320kbps mp3 vs. a "master quality" FLAC and scored better than guessing (but not perfect).

But hardware is a lot harder to test.