Is there an upstream bug for this somewhere or do we need to file one? This is a very common problem with GNOME Software, see here (https://twitter.com/probonopd/status/899740745481015297) for an example. I run into this bug all the time (as Alan experienced it) and it makes GNOME Software very painful to use (I just use Terminal anyway, but with more up-to-date snaps coming onto GNOME Software, the GUI will become more useful). I think people don't bother saying they're affected by this bug, they just say that GNOME Software is crap and move on...
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1594085 Title: Software app very slow to fully start up Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: This is follow-up for bug 1592678 which more or less requests that gnome-software not run a background service. 1. From a terminal, run pkill gnome-software to kill the background service. 2. Start the Software app and click one of the apps on the front page to see more info about it. What happens ============ In my testing on a Ubuntu 16.04 Live DVD in VirtualBox with a traditional non-SSD hard drive and 1.5 GB allocated RAM (admittedly not the speediest environment), it took 90 seconds for that info page to load! Once that page is loaded, browsing to other pages doesn't take long at all. Or if you just wait 2 minutes first then it's not that slow either. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: gnome-software 3.20.1+git20160617.1.0440874.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-25.44-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sun Jun 19 04:59:00 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-09 (70 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160408) SourcePackage: gnome-software UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1594085/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
