I seemed to have fixed the problem by upgrading the kernel to the
linux-686-smp package. Launch times now seem appropriately quick. I have
a hyperthreading processor so I guess I needed the smp package to make
use of it (?)
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All applications are slow to launch on Dapper
https://launchpad.net/bu
Public bug reported:
All applications I've tried (Gedit, Terminal, Firefox, Gimp, Epiphany,
Gnometris, Gxine, Calculator and more..) take from 5 to 15 seconds to
appear once I launch them. Before launching the app, the system shows
4-6% cpu usage. Upon launching, the usage goes up to 100% for abou
