I've seen the same issue reported in gnome trackers under Nautilus+Fedora and Thunar+Arch, so I'm fairly sure it's not a Mint- specific bug (though those are obviously not Ubuntu-based).
The original report here was for Ubuntu Mate...that's "direct" Ubuntu, right? If there's anyone out there, I'd be happy to write a script for verification -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927100 Title: Slow file dialogs, open and save To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1927100/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs