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[supernova <supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx>]

2012/5/27 Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I like the idea but I don't think there is any need to leave the program
> running.
> The first time I run Nautilus, it takes about 8 seconds to load. Firefox is
> about 5 and LibreOffice is about 10.
> After that, Nautilus takes approximately 1 second, and Firefox and
> LibreOffice take around 1.5. (These are all just me timing with my watch,
> nothing accurate here)
>
> Maybe we could load those three and then close them; or at least we could
> load the critical components of each so that the users only ever see the
> latter speeds.
>
> Also, this subject is probably off-topic for this list and probably wants to
> go to ubuntu-dev
ok, thanks,
Supernova
>
> Matt
>
>
> On 27/05/12 10:53, supernova wrote:
>>
>> I got this idea: let's start automatically the icons on the launcher
>> at login, or at least the most used (I know preload and so on...) as
>> nautilus, firefox, libreoffice. This will give the perception of fast
>> start at the first click.
>> So as you log in nautilus will be opened and reduced to icon on the
>> launcher. When a user clicks on nautilus icon, it will open as fast as
>> it was reduced to icon, and not as if we had to open it for the first
>> time.
>> What do you all think?
>>
>> Well, it won't make Ubuntu run faster, but will give perception of it,
>> but in some sense, world is perception and appearance...
>>
>>
>> Supernova
>>
>
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