In my case Inkscape takes a lot of time launching. I don't have too much fonts (Ubuntu's default) and my PC is normal - fast. This problem starts when I start using inkscape 0.47, version 0.46 opens very fast.
Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 Linux computos1 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:27:30 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux inkscape 0.47.0-2ubuntu2 -- Inkscape 0.47 is slow starting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488247 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