@google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you! sent from my HTC. On Dec 31, 2013 11:59 AM, "Colin Law" <<a href="mailto:clanlaw@gmail.com">clanlaw@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > On 31 December 2013 11:37, Pete Smout <<a href="mailto:smoutpete@gmail.com">smoutpete@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Hope you all had a great festive period! > > > > I have retuned to my trusty old laptop today, and it seems slow, not in > > functionality but in the use of the dash (the menu / search that pops up > > when the <super> key is pressed). Symptoms are that when the key is pressed > > I get an empty dash, and about 10 -15 secs later it starts to be populated, > > files n folders first then apps. I know I've been away for a few days but > > this seems excessive and the biggest advantage of Unity for me is the > > ability to open up apps with the press of a few keys (i.e. super.sm.enter > > for smplayer). > > > > Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me? > > See <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-lens-files/+bug/919801">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-lens-files/+bug/919801</a> > > If you delete the folder .local/share/zeitgeist it will probably > improve it. I have to do this every couple of months. You might then > have to reboot or at least logout. > > As a matter of interest have you disabled searching out onto the > internet? System Settings > Security & Privacy > Search. If so then I > would be interested to know. It seemed to me that disabling internet > search could slow down the search but I am not certain. > > Colin > > Hi, Thanks for the reply .local/share/zieghtgeist was 684mb removed it and its improved the speed but still not what I would hope for but gives me a start! I disable internet search from the dash by default, this 'feature' is no use to me, and worse smacks of windoze style bloatware to me! But I don't complain all the time there is a option to turn it off! I wonder if zeightgeist collects stats on the number of users of that feature........ I am going through the dot files in my home dir to see what other junk has accumulated... this might speed things up further! Thanks again Pete s > > > > > running 13.10 (fully updated) 64bit > > > > CPU Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU T5250 @ 1.50GHz × 2 > > > > Ram 2.9Gib > > > > Video Intel® 965GM > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions or solutions > > > > Happy new year to you all > > > > Pete S > > > > -- > > ubuntu-users mailing list > > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a>