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Yes, but it can take as much as a minute to open GIMP, which is a lot to ask when you can be working on the same task in MSPaint in a second or two.

by avhon1 9y ago

lucb1e 9y ago
Protip: get an SSD. It improves your life in many ways. Three examples I notice between my girlfriend's HDD-based laptop and my SSD-based one: - A game, Factorio, takes literally 5 minutes for her to get to the main menu. For me it takes about 30 seconds. - Using `time gimp` and hitting alt+F4 immediately, I get about 2.14 seconds. For my girlfriend this indeed takes a little bit, though not a minute. - Booting up (from cold) is maybe 20 seconds for me. For her, this takes more than a minute on Ubuntu and more like 2-3 minutes on Windows (it boots in the same time as Ubuntu, but then programs need to load which make it slow for another 1-2 minutes). Not everything benefits from it, like web browsing or email is not I/O-bound, but lots of things go a lot faster for the investment. Especially for laptops, it's also quieter, supposedly uses a little less power, and won't die as fast from dropping it. I'd highly recommend it. I'm not putting off your computer as being the blame for GIMP being slow - indeed, it's kinda silly that it takes so long to start, especially the first time - but I just figured you had an HDD and think the vast majority of people will benefit from an SSD. Even my grandma got one a few weeks ago and is super happy with it.
- jmiserez 9y ago
  I have SSDs, and GIMP for Windows starts up slower than Eclipse (!). In my experience the Linux version starts up faster than the Windows one.
  - lucb1e 9y ago
    Up to a minute with SSD? Okay that's odd. I totally see your point.
  - Momquist 9y ago
    > the Linux version starts up faster than the Windows one. Indeed. 4-5 secs to open GIMP on Linux here on HDD, and practically instant once cached. Maybe try and start with some command-line options. Useful ones in your case: -d, —no-data Do not load patterns, gradients, palettes, or brushes. Often useful in non-interactive situations where startup time is to be minimized. -f, —no-fonts Do not load any fonts. No text functionality will be available if this option is used. -s, —no-splash Do not show the splash screen. https://www.gimp.org/man/gimp.html https://www.gimp.org/man/gimp.html

Yes, but it can take as much as a minute to open GIMP, which is a lot to ask when you can be working on the same task in MSPaint in a second or two.

by avhon1 9y ago

Yes, but it can take as much as a minute to open GIMP, which is a lot to ask when you can be working on the same task in MSPaint in a second or two.

lucb1e 9y ago

Protip: get an SSD. It improves your life in many ways. Three examples I notice between my girlfriend's HDD-based laptop and my SSD-based one: - A game, Factorio, takes literally 5 minutes for her to get to the main menu. For me it takes about 30 seconds. - Using `time gimp` and hitting alt+F4 immediately, I get about 2.14 seconds. For my girlfriend this indeed takes a little bit, though not a minute. - Booting up (from cold) is maybe 20 seconds for me. For her, this takes more than a minute on Ubuntu and more like 2-3 minutes on Windows (it boots in the same time as Ubuntu, but then programs need to load which make it slow for another 1-2 minutes). Not everything benefits from it, like web browsing or email is not I/O-bound, but lots of things go a lot faster for the investment. Especially for laptops, it's also quieter, supposedly uses a little less power, and won't die as fast from dropping it. I'd highly recommend it. I'm not putting off your computer as being the blame for GIMP being slow - indeed, it's kinda silly that it takes so long to start, especially the first time - but I just figured you had an HDD and think the vast majority of people will benefit from an SSD. Even my grandma got one a few weeks ago and is super happy with it.

jmiserez 9y ago
I have SSDs, and GIMP for Windows starts up slower than Eclipse (!). In my experience the Linux version starts up faster than the Windows one.
- lucb1e 9y ago
  Up to a minute with SSD? Okay that's odd. I totally see your point.
- Momquist 9y ago
  > the Linux version starts up faster than the Windows one. Indeed. 4-5 secs to open GIMP on Linux here on HDD, and practically instant once cached. Maybe try and start with some command-line options. Useful ones in your case: -d, —no-data Do not load patterns, gradients, palettes, or brushes. Often useful in non-interactive situations where startup time is to be minimized. -f, —no-fonts Do not load any fonts. No text functionality will be available if this option is used. -s, —no-splash Do not show the splash screen. https://www.gimp.org/man/gimp.html https://www.gimp.org/man/gimp.html