This is a nautilus problem and not to do with the file system as 'ls' works in milliseconds for the same folders nautilus takes seconds with.
time ls /usr/bin/ ...... real 0m0.884s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.040s -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661437 Title: Nautilus very slow opening larger folders -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs