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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by evmar on Saturday September 05, 2020 @01:21PM (#24385225)
That is really disappointing to read. We put a lot of effort into making Chrome start quickly. Back when I was responsible for Linux Chrome, I gave a lighting talk at the Ubuntu Developer Summit about it, and demoed Chrome starting faster than Gnome Calculator.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by owl57 on Saturday September 05, 2020 @03:56PM (#24386429)
Not being snarky towards you — Chrome starts really quickly — but was that the snapped calculator from Ubuntu 18.04?
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by mad182 on Sunday September 06, 2020 @03:07AM (#24389586)
Hats off, Chrome starts instantly on my Debian machines. Even on a 10 years old, half dead Thinkpad it's just couple of seconds. This must be a Ubuntu/Snap specific issue.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by pvorb on Sunday September 06, 2020 @03:21AM (#24389643)
Today, starting faster than Ubuntu's calculator is not that hard. I bet this also became a snap app.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by simlevesque on Saturday September 05, 2020 @05:25PM (#24386954)
firefox from the ubuntu repository is over 5 times faster to start. on any windows machine, it's almost the opposite. sorry to break the news. for what it's worth I still use it everyday... I usually start my browser once a day so it's not that big of a difference.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by philliphaydon on Sunday September 06, 2020 @02:16AM (#24389381)
Both chrome and Firefox on Ubuntu are basically instant for me. Chrome is installed without the snap rubbish tho.
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