Simplenote in Fedora 43 freezes at startup.

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  globetrotterdkfab8130ace · Member · February 9, 2026 at 4:14 pm

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  Simplenote freezes at opening. The notes do not get updated and it isn’t possible to click in a note or navigate between notes. Force closing is the only option, and of course switching desktop environment.

  Fedora 43 LXDE Spin, using TDE as the desktop environment.

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  staff-frank · Staff · February 13, 2026 at 10:23 am

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  Hi @globetrotterdkfab8130ace

  I want to be upfront: Simplenote is no longer in active development (https://forums.simplenote.com/forums/topic/customer-update-on-simplenote/). This means we won’t be able to provide a fix, but I can share some workarounds that have helped other Linux users experiencing similar problems.

  Simplenote for Linux is an Electron-based app, and there are known issues with Electron apps and GPU rendering on certain Linux desktop environments. Since TDE is a less common desktop environment, this may be related to how Simplenote’s GPU process interacts with it.

  You could try launching Simplenote from the terminal with the following flags to see if any of them resolve the freezing:

  1. Disable GPU rendering: simplenote --disable-gpu
  2. If that doesn’t work, try running the GPU in-process: simplenote --in-process-gpu
  3. Or disable the GPU sandbox: simplenote --disable-gpu-sandbox

  If none of those work, you may also want to try running Simplenote with debug logging to see if the output points to anything useful:

  ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING=1 simplenote

  In the meantime, your notes should always be accessible via the web app at app.simplenote.com, which can serve as a reliable fallback.

  I’m sorry we can’t do more on our end — I hope one of these workarounds helps!