Sysprof is a profiling tool that helps in finding the functions in which a program uses most of its time

Useful resources

• Sysprof home page

• Sysprof quickstart

• /ideas - Ideas for future improvements to sysprof.

• Profiling entire system activity with sysprof

Installation

Sysprof can be found in many recent distibutions or obtained from GNOME Git, inside the sysprof module:

git clone git://git.gnome.org/sysprof

You need to compile it using the kernel headers package provided by your distribution. Read then the Sysprof quickstart to set it up.

Examples of use

• Profiling Gedit

• Profiling the file chooser

• CategoryOptimization