after cleaning up my home folder and deleting all unimportant and gnome/gtk configs everything is back to normal...
this machine had 3 full upgrades since the first installation so the config was probably messed up.. I'm wondering why some bad config can slow down all gtk apps.. ** Changed in: gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- high load on saving files (all gtk programs freeze for 1 sec) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326637 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