Circumvent GNOME 3 Memory Leak

circumvent-gnome-memhog.sh

#!/usr/bin/bash
# Copyright 2018 Giovanni Grieco <[email protected]>
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echo "Beware that you are executing a circumvention of GNOME 3.xx memory leak."
echo "Do NOT use evolution, GNOME Calendar and Gnome Online Accounts."
echo "This script will uninstall relevant programs and masks services from running."
echo "Remind to reboot the system after script finishes to execute."

sudo dnf remove -y evolution gnome-calendar || {
    echo "Please uninstall evolution and gnome-calendar manually"
}

systemctl --user mask evolution-calendar-factory.service
systemctl --user mask evolution-source-registry.service
systemctl --user mask evolution-addressbook-factory.service

# goa-daemon is provided by gnome-online-accounts, which is required by 
# gnome-shell. Just disable execution.
sudo chmod -x /usr/libexec/goa-daemon