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Snaps...again. Which snaps are loading that slow? Granted I'm using AppImage or binaries for so much stuff these days, from Firefox to Openshot to Crystal, but

Snaps...again. Which snaps are loading that slow? Granted I'm using AppImage or binaries for so much stuff these days, from Firefox to Openshot to Crystal, but I'm really curious. One of my machines runs 22.04 and has tons of software installed via repos, so some huge chunk of that experience must be slow, or painful, I think I'm to believe? Yet I'm not noticing anything out of the ordinary compared to my other distros. What are you seeing? Specific examples?

red_trumpet 3y ago
I had big problems with Spotify.
bandrami 3y ago
All of them. Literally every single one. It's why the first thing I do when I am on an Ubuntu system is remove snapd.
- throwaway2990 3y ago
  It’s too painful to remove snap now because the apt packages try to put it back. I’m on fedora now and love it.
  - bandrami 3y ago
    Yeah, the only form I actively take Ubuntu in anymore is Neon, 100% because of the lack of snaps.
- Lorkki 3y ago
  Used to be that way for me too, but I believe with the latest LTS the slowdowns just went away. I'm using Firefox through the default Snap packaging every day, and it's just fine. This is also with the distro installed with all default choices. If memory serves me right, using btrfs for one can result in any number of weird performance issues.
  - totetsu 3y ago
    I thought it was fine too until reading this thread. and I tried opening some cpu intensive pages in the snap version and in a standalone version. the Snap version makes my cpu max out at 100% and i get soft frozen out of my desktop, the standalone never went above 80% .. Now we can blame the pages for being shit in the first place but, I dont want to have to restart because I opened the wrong page.
MattPalmer1086 3y ago
Maybe snaps have improved in performance since I last tried them. My first awareness of snaps came when I tried to load the calculator app in 18.04 I think. I couldn't understand why it took so long for such a simple app to start. I thought there was a serious problem on my machine. After spending some hours, I realised this was due to snap. EDIT: I now regard snap as a serious problem on my machine!

red_trumpet 3y ago

I had big problems with Spotify.

bandrami 3y ago

All of them. Literally every single one. It's why the first thing I do when I am on an Ubuntu system is remove snapd.

throwaway2990 3y ago
It’s too painful to remove snap now because the apt packages try to put it back. I’m on fedora now and love it.
- bandrami 3y ago
  Yeah, the only form I actively take Ubuntu in anymore is Neon, 100% because of the lack of snaps.
Lorkki 3y ago
Used to be that way for me too, but I believe with the latest LTS the slowdowns just went away. I'm using Firefox through the default Snap packaging every day, and it's just fine. This is also with the distro installed with all default choices. If memory serves me right, using btrfs for one can result in any number of weird performance issues.
- totetsu 3y ago
  I thought it was fine too until reading this thread. and I tried opening some cpu intensive pages in the snap version and in a standalone version. the Snap version makes my cpu max out at 100% and i get soft frozen out of my desktop, the standalone never went above 80% .. Now we can blame the pages for being shit in the first place but, I dont want to have to restart because I opened the wrong page.

MattPalmer1086 3y ago

Maybe snaps have improved in performance since I last tried them. My first awareness of snaps came when I tried to load the calculator app in 18.04 I think. I couldn't understand why it took so long for such a simple app to start. I thought there was a serious problem on my machine. After spending some hours, I realised this was due to snap. EDIT: I now regard snap as a serious problem on my machine!