On 11/14/2016 08:21 PM, rich2005 wrote: >> I've got some 300 fonts, 200 of which are from Windows/Office (I >> guess) and some 100 from another software package I use. Is that a >> lot? >> Do you mean waiting before booting gimp at all, or giving gimp more >> time to complete the startup? The latter doesn't work, as it just >> crashes out of the boot sequence. > > The customary advice when running Gimp for the first time is > > Do not touch the mouse or keyboard, go have a cup of coffee or go for a walk > until Gimp loads.
I'd like to point out that https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449848 [Bug 449848] Startup: initialize fontconfig in the background to avoid long pause on start and its corresponding "not responding" behavior is fixed in 2.8.18. -- Regards, Michael GPG: 96A8 B38A 728A 577D 724D 60E5 F855 53EC B36D 4CDD _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
