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

[Tim]

On 11/07/14 02:04, Scott Linnenbringer wrote:
> 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.)
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> If I run 'chromium-browser' from the terminal, it loads (almost) instantly. This behavior is similar for other applications as well.
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> 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...
from the desktop file:
Exec=chromium-browser --temp-profile
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> Cheers,
>  Scott
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