The file that you linked to renders pretty quickly (including scrolling) on my old system running Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr".
Can you please tell us the following? - what version of Ubuntu you are using - the output of uname -srm - what version of evince you are using - what version of poppler you are using - what version of libcairo2 you are using - the output of cat /proc/cpuinfo - how much RAM is in your system ** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1325899 Title: evince is excruciatingly slow on some documents To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1325899/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs