James 🌈💜 on Nostr: Two things cause Nautilus to slow down massively, especially compared to other file ...
Two things cause Nautilus to slow down massively, especially compared to other file managers.
First, the preview tech does a ton of stat calls, to work out what to show you. Disable it, and things get about 20% faster. They know about it, but no one has done a patch to fix it in over a decade, so I wouldn't be hopeful.
Secondly, the more bookmarks you have, the slower things get. Every time you open a folder it pings every single bookmark for some reason.
First, the preview tech does a ton of stat calls, to work out what to show you. Disable it, and things get about 20% faster. They know about it, but no one has done a patch to fix it in over a decade, so I wouldn't be hopeful.
Secondly, the more bookmarks you have, the slower things get. Every time you open a folder it pings every single bookmark for some reason.