I’ve begun to notice that the newer GTK4 apps such as Calculator, Calendar, Clocks, Text Editor are significantly slower to open than other apps. I am wondering if it’s just me or do others notice this? It seems like things like Gimp & Firefox are able to open faster than Gnome Calculator. To fin…

[image] Riquez: do others notice this? “Not I,” said the fly. [image] Riquez: I used the extension ‘ app startup time measure ’ I saw that. Completely useless. Anecdotal at best. Everyone has completely different hardware, not every experience will be the same.

[image] Yochanan: I saw that. Completely useless. Anecdotal at best. Everyone has completely different hardware, not every experience will be the same. Yes, I suspected the extension wasn’t really accurate, but certainly I can perceive a significant difference in launch time personally. My …

[image] Riquez: surely there is some case for questioning why Text Editor has a really obvious delay compared to gedit I seem to remember @Chrysostomus mentioning he noticed that, too. [image] Riquez: it’s essentially the same app Not at all. They have completely different dependencie…

The text editor is significantly slower to start than gedit. On my previous system, it was 5-15 seconds vs instant. On current one it’s 1 second versus instant. I never found out what was the difference as there is no significant performance gap between the systems :man_shrugging:

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