4 ms·

I think it's because they extract compressed rootfs tar each time to be mounted in LXC container. Even with a beefy computer, it takes considerable time.

• emerongi 6y ago
  What is weird to me is that apparently there has not been someone in a position of power in this project that would go "Wait guys, this is not good. Any other ideas? How can we improve?" No, just roll on with it. There was a period of time, around 2010-2015 when I really felt that computers were fast. SSDs were getting more affordable and that was a huge improvement, every action was immediately responsive. In 2020, that has somehow been undone. It takes 5 seconds to launch a calculator. Software guys really like to undo all the advances that the hardware guys are doing.
  • Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
    In that period, computers made a significant leap forward, and it took developers some time to catch up and fully utilize surplus performance.
  • randomdude402 6y ago
    Somebody somewhere is probably running a calculator as an electron app that takes 10 seconds to open.
    • BruiseLee 6y ago
      An electron app packaged as a snap.
    • Narishma 6y ago
      You don't even need Electron. The "modern" Windows 10 calculator takes a dozen seconds to start on my laptop.
• jquery 6y ago
  Why does that take considerable time? I’m curious as to the technical reasons.