On 5 August 2016 at 12:41, Carmelo DrRaw <aferrero1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 05 Aug 2016, at 13:24, C R <caj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Also, I only get the message "Should a desktop file ..." on the first run, >> then I'm able to run the new desktop file like I do regularly (by hitting >> the Super key, and typing GIMP). The appimage only should be run once, >> correct? > > No, it is run each time, because it does not install anything apart from the > desktop file.
I clicked "No" to the "Should I install ... " dialogue, which is why I saw it again (I didn't want it to touch my system). It would be nice if it remembered this as a setting. >> The only other thing is that running GIMP from the app image is much slower >> than GIMP installed from repo. That's probably to be expected, I guess, but >> thought it was worth mentioning. It still loads faster than Photoshop! :) > > This is hopefully more due to compilation flags than the appimage > architecture itself. I will try to improve optimisations in the next test > version. I think the .AppImage executable contains an embedded compressed zip file that is temporarily mounted to make gimp think it's installed on the filesystem. I imagine there's some overhead compared to a real install. appimage gimp did feel a bit slow to start. I would be interesting to benchmark startup. John _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
