Thanks for the tip.<br><br>I use KDE (Kubuntu 9.04), and have always assumed that it is Firefox that is slow, perhaps because of flash ads (I used NoScript to disable them by default), or because I have 200+ tabs open (yes, a bad habit). KDE applications are normally snappy and fast even when Firefox is lagging except when the latter eats up too much CPU.<br>
<br>But it never occurred to me that it is a Gnome/Gtk issue rather than a Firefox issue.<br><br>I have found this to work on Kubuntu 9.04, which still has some
Gnome parts in it because of Gtk applicatiosn (.e.g FireFox).<br><br>1. Log off all users.<br><br>2. Ssh into the machine, or press Alt-F2 and login from a shell<br><br>3. Run this command:<br><br># sudo bash<br># cd /home/YOURNAME<br>
# mkdir .gconf-backup<br>#mv .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .gconf-backup<br>
<br>4. Reboot <br># shutdown -r now<br><br>It is embarrassing in a way, since we always criticize Windows for needing a reinstall every now and then otherwise it becomes too slow. At least the solution is a simple command to run, and not a reinstall.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Raul Suarez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rarsa@yahoo.com" target="_blank">rarsa@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
While I was searching for something completelly unrelated I came across this blog post that showed how to speed up Gnome by reseting the gnome settings folders<br>
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<a href="http://dt.in.th/2008-12-12.fasterrrr.html" target="_blank">http://dt.in.th/2008-12-12.fasterrrr.html</a><br>
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As I was feeling that Gnome was getting slugish and I haven't customized my desktop too much, I decided to try it.<br>
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The result was a way faster and responsive desktop but with the same functionality as before (i.e. everything that was running before is still running now)<br>
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The difference is particularly obvious when browsing with Firefox or Epiphany but in general all the applications seem to open faster and be more responsive. Unfortunatelly I do not have benchmarks, just gut feeling, although my kids have also commented on the improvement.<br>
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Why would this be? Is it necessary to remove all those folders or is the slugishness related to justa few files and we are killing a fly with a shotgun?<br>
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