This problem still exists in 16.04 64-bit as well, and has been around for about 7 years
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/854959 This is a serious mark against switching to Linux, the mount -t cifs option is nice for power users, but not for not so much tech-savy users. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236619 Title: gvfs smb / cifs file copy performance is terribly slow Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Copying moderate-size files to a samba share using gvfs is ridiculously slow compared to doing the same via mount.cifs. For example: $ ls -sh testfile 1.2G testfile $ time cp testfile ~/mnt/share-gvfs/ real 2m37.053s user 0m0.056s sys 0m5.120s $ time cp testfile ~/mnt/share/ real 0m26.134s user 0m0.004s sys 0m1.724s I'm running Xubuntu 13.04 (raring) amd64, gvfs 1.16.1-0ubuntu1.1. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1236619/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

