I am experiencing the exact same issue as Stelios. I can run htop and everything goes back to normal.
SPECS: Processor : 2x AMD Athlon(tm) Dual Core Processor 5050e Memory : 4046MB OS : Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS -Display- Resolution : 2560x1024 pixels OpenGL Renderer : GeForce GT 630/PCIe/SSE2 X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation DBUS-X11 ver : 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766503 Title: ibus-* randomly use high CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-consumption/+bug/1766503/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs