Apps take longer to load from dash than from terminal (gnome shell 3.10)

Joachim Hansen joachim2607 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 11 21:45:06 UTC 2014


You can install alacarte to see what command is beeing executed from the
menu. I can't check myself right now, since i am not at my computer and is
typing this from my tablet.

Joachim Hansen
10. juli 2014 18:05 skrev "Scott Linnenbringer" <s.linnenbringer at gmail.com>
følgende:

> When I load Chromium from the dash, the browser takes about 7-8 seconds to
> load (and the busy symbol still spins in the top bar though Chromium is
> usable at that point.)
>
> If I run 'chromium-browser' from the terminal, it loads (almost)
> instantly. This behavior is similar for other applications as well.
>
> What exactly is going on in the dash? Has anybody else noticed this? I
> just installed Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 on a low-spec laptop (Acer Aspire E-731,
> Intel Celeron 1.9ghz processor) but it's clearly able to load Chromium
> quickly one way. I have also installed the 'preload' daemon. I thought that
> maybe the launcher in the dash is running chromium-browser with flags that
> are slowing it down, but I can't figure out (from google) how to see what
> is being executed. Any tips? Sorry if this has been asked before...
>
> Cheers,
>  Scott
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