Could you please try to install an application using the terminal (choose an application you wish and install it with the command "sudo apt-get install appname" where "appname" is the name of the package containing the application), just to make sure that the Software Center itself is the main cause of the problem (and not just an unresponsiveness caused by the Debian package infrastructure that handles installation)?
Please tell me if you notice any differences in time and, if possible, list here the complete configuration of your system (CPU, amount of RAM, swap size...). If there is no noticeable difference in time, you may want to try installing the apt-xapian-index package - basically, it replaces the text file handling mechanism used by dpkg to fetch and query package information with a more efficient database one. Be wary that the program may consume resources when it's translating the traditional package lists to the database format; searches in the Software Center should be faster, though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883752 Title: Software Centre is the most horrible, bloated and slow application I have ever used. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/883752/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
