Hi there Ubuntu and Linux users, I have recently upgraded my Ubuntu desktop from 12.04 to 14.04, the 12.04 originally being a GNOME remix that I downloaded.
I enjoy being able to slide my mouse pointer to the top left corner to access the screen where you search for your applications or pressing the meta/windows key to provide the same result. My problem is regarding the time it takes for the search screen to activate once I have moved my mouse pointer to the top left corner. The real problem is when I first try this after booting up the machine. On 12.04 it would take about half a second, if I remember correctly, and then pretty much instantaneously if I did this shortcut again during a session. With 14.04 (I waited til 26th July to go from LTS to LTS, by the way) the first time takes about 10 seconds to display the applications screen. Each time I use the shortcut after that it is still taking a few seconds. I did have a search of Google and a couple of Stack Exchange sites but can't find anything helpful - maybe it would help if I knew the correct names of the operations I'm describing. In the grand scheme of things it's not the worst problem to have - but I do like GNOME 3; I feel it makes things quicker with the way I tend to work. And I have a tiny screen on the system in question so it is normally a great way of finding my running applications/windows. I neglected to check what versions of GNOME I've been running. My machine has onboard graphics and is 32-bit with about 4GB RAM. Pretty basic CPU I think too! That's what you get when you use discarded PCs! I presume there's a file somewhere that has a setting for how or when applications are indexed. I have quite a lot of applications installed - music production, video editing, office, games, maths/fractals, programming, photo editing/viewing - the whole shebang.. Any ideas peeps? (If you use Unity, say, and not G3 this message will not make much sense!) Thanks in advance. ;)) Steve Roberts, Cwmbran, South Wales.
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