Yes, the killall gnome-panel command released the process and the gnome-
panel came up smoothly and functioned well for a while, then again
freezing and stealing all the CPU. I think the bug is the same, my
system just deals with the increasing CPU use in an extreme way.
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window-list freezes
Confirming the bug. Running 7.10 on MSI S250 laptop.
In my system the gnome-panel starts using 100 % of the CPU, apparently
when there are 7 or more windows open. My workaround is to freeze (not
kill) the process from the system monitor. This way the system stays
stable and usable, but the panel
