#!/bin/bash # close_background_apps.sh # Script to close unnecessary background applications before performance testing # Author: Krzysztof Rudnicki # Date: January 19, 2026 echo "=== Closing Background Applications for Performance Testing ===" echo "" # List of common background applications to close # Add or remove applications as needed for your system APPS_TO_CLOSE=( "firefox" "chromium" "chrome" "brave" # "code" # VS Code - KEEP RUNNING (needed for development) "slack" "discord" "spotify" "telegram" "teams" "zoom" "dropbox" "syncthing" "steam" "lutris" ) # Function to gracefully close an application close_app() { local app_name="$1" if pgrep -x "$app_name" > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "Closing $app_name..." pkill -TERM "$app_name" 2>/dev/null sleep 1 # Force kill if still running if pgrep -x "$app_name" > /dev/null 2>&1; then pkill -KILL "$app_name" 2>/dev/null fi fi } # Close each application in the list for app in "${APPS_TO_CLOSE[@]}"; do close_app "$app" done echo "" echo "=== Background applications closed ===" echo "" # Show remaining resource-intensive processes echo "Top 10 CPU-consuming processes:" echo "--------------------------------" ps aux --sort=-%cpu | head -11 | tail -10 echo "" echo "Top 10 Memory-consuming processes:" echo "----------------------------------" ps aux --sort=-%mem | head -11 | tail -10 echo "" echo "=== System ready for performance testing ===" echo "Note: Verify no unwanted processes are still running before starting tests."