It is now seen another users installation other than mine. Also upgrading a livecd's kdelibs to 4.4.1 ubuntu3 introduces the latency.
** Changed in: kdebase (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- konsole/systemsettings/dolphin starts up slowly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550000 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs