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Or just use the Flatpak version on Flathub, which doesn't take a ridiculous amount of time to launch https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.mozilla.Thunderbird ht

Or just use the Flatpak version on Flathub, which doesn't take a ridiculous amount of time to launch https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.mozilla.Thunderbird https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.mozilla.Thunderbird

entropicdrifter 6y ago
Here's a performance and feature comparison between Flatpak and Snap with Firefox, for reference: https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/firefox-linux-flatpak-snap.html https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/firefox-linux-flatpak-snap.html
- sgt 6y ago
  My goodness, the Linux desktop is a mess! Tiny mouse cursor... that made me almost choke on my coffee from laughter.
simion314 6y ago
Thunderbird starts with my computer and I restart my computer maybe 2 times a week.
- lokedhs 6y ago
  How's do you you deal with Firefox updates where it refuses to load any pages until you restart?
  - simion314 6y ago
    I click the restart button. It is annoying that it happens unexpectedly but not a big deal.
    - lokedhs 6y ago
      I was hoping you had found a easy way around it. I find it incredibly annoying when I'm in the middle of doing something.
      - simion314 6y ago
        I get used to restarting Firefox since it sometimes crashes while debugging stuff. For reading articles, HN, reddit I use Vivaldi with JavaScript blocked by default(Vivaldi has it's issues too, sometimes videos manage to crash it and for some reason this also hangs the Slack app so I always have to keep in mind when Vivaldi has issues to double check is Slack is hanged and kill and restart it - it could be some shared library both use or something like that).
Rolcol 6y ago
I don't use Snaps myself, but Ubuntu did announce that they saw large speed improvements by switching the compression from XZ to LZO. The numbers they gave were for Chrome: https://ubuntu.com/blog/snap-speed-improvements-with-new-compression-algorithm https://ubuntu.com/blog/snap-speed-improvements-with-new-com... It made the Snap about 100MB bigger, though.

entropicdrifter 6y ago

Here's a performance and feature comparison between Flatpak and Snap with Firefox, for reference: https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/firefox-linux-flatpak-snap.html https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/firefox-linux-flatpak-snap.html

sgt 6y ago
My goodness, the Linux desktop is a mess! Tiny mouse cursor... that made me almost choke on my coffee from laughter.

simion314 6y ago

Thunderbird starts with my computer and I restart my computer maybe 2 times a week.

lokedhs 6y ago
How's do you you deal with Firefox updates where it refuses to load any pages until you restart?
- simion314 6y ago
  I click the restart button. It is annoying that it happens unexpectedly but not a big deal.
  - lokedhs 6y ago
    I was hoping you had found a easy way around it. I find it incredibly annoying when I'm in the middle of doing something.
    - simion314 6y ago
      I get used to restarting Firefox since it sometimes crashes while debugging stuff. For reading articles, HN, reddit I use Vivaldi with JavaScript blocked by default(Vivaldi has it's issues too, sometimes videos manage to crash it and for some reason this also hangs the Slack app so I always have to keep in mind when Vivaldi has issues to double check is Slack is hanged and kill and restart it - it could be some shared library both use or something like that).

Rolcol 6y ago

I don't use Snaps myself, but Ubuntu did announce that they saw large speed improvements by switching the compression from XZ to LZO. The numbers they gave were for Chrome: https://ubuntu.com/blog/snap-speed-improvements-with-new-compression-algorithm https://ubuntu.com/blog/snap-speed-improvements-with-new-com... It made the Snap about 100MB bigger, though.