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Slack crashes on my Ubuntu setup on the regular. Grey screens. Unresponsive during video calls. Eats all of my memory at least once a day. The app is a mess.

by skizo 4y ago

e-clinton 4y ago
Not a single crash on Mac in 5 months I’ve been using it. Perhaps it’s the Linux version? Or your system?
- jsjohnst 4y ago
  You’ve never seen Slack reload while using it? Often, that’s a “crash” in an Electron app.
  - Tempest1981 4y ago
    I have not seen that. It's crash-free for me, running 24x7. But all that tells you is that it's crash-free on at least a small % of machines, so not a great way to analyze robustness. Maybe create an HN poll?
    - jsjohnst 4y ago
      > I have not seen that. No offense, but you must have blinders on then. On a fresh install on a new machine it’ll do it in the first day. > It's crash-free for me, running 24x7. There was a person who legit got struck by lightning multiple times in their life and lived, so anything is possible. Your claim is comparatively improbable though, but still has the possibility of being true.
- jclardy 4y ago
  I get them all the time on my M1 Mac (Like at least once a week.) Sometimes even the white window that requires a force quit and doesn't auto-reload.
- FridgeSeal 4y ago
  Slack crashes quite often for me-try to do too much? That’s a crash. Accidentally toggled the “huddle” button a couple of times - it’ll crash so badly, I legitimately have to restart the computer to fix it.
- YetAnotherNick 4y ago
  I have experienced few crash like scenario with network issues on my Mac. If my wifi is poor for a minute, slack will permanently stop working unless I force reload using menu or restart it. Messaging apps are basically meant to not have permanent connection, but I have seen very few that could work with this assumption.

5 ms·

Slack crashes on my Ubuntu setup on the regular. Grey screens. Unresponsive during video calls. Eats all of my memory at least once a day. The app is a mess.

by skizo 4y ago

Slack crashes on my Ubuntu setup on the regular. Grey screens. Unresponsive during video calls. Eats all of my memory at least once a day. The app is a mess.

e-clinton 4y ago
Not a single crash on Mac in 5 months I’ve been using it. Perhaps it’s the Linux version? Or your system?
- jsjohnst 4y ago
  You’ve never seen Slack reload while using it? Often, that’s a “crash” in an Electron app.
  - Tempest1981 4y ago
    I have not seen that. It's crash-free for me, running 24x7. But all that tells you is that it's crash-free on at least a small % of machines, so not a great way to analyze robustness. Maybe create an HN poll?
    - jsjohnst 4y ago
      > I have not seen that. No offense, but you must have blinders on then. On a fresh install on a new machine it’ll do it in the first day. > It's crash-free for me, running 24x7. There was a person who legit got struck by lightning multiple times in their life and lived, so anything is possible. Your claim is comparatively improbable though, but still has the possibility of being true.
- jclardy 4y ago
  I get them all the time on my M1 Mac (Like at least once a week.) Sometimes even the white window that requires a force quit and doesn't auto-reload.
- FridgeSeal 4y ago
  Slack crashes quite often for me-try to do too much? That’s a crash. Accidentally toggled the “huddle” button a couple of times - it’ll crash so badly, I legitimately have to restart the computer to fix it.
- YetAnotherNick 4y ago
  I have experienced few crash like scenario with network issues on my Mac. If my wifi is poor for a minute, slack will permanently stop working unless I force reload using menu or restart it. Messaging apps are basically meant to not have permanent connection, but I have seen very few that could work with this assumption.