Re: [Evolution] Evolution performance

[Ralf Mardorf <ralf mardorf rocketmail com>]

On Mon, 2014-05-26 at 10:28 -0400, Reid Vail wrote:
> I have a performance question:
>
> My wife is running ubuntu 13.04 with Evolution 3.6.4 and it seems to
> me that it takes a long time to load; about 30 seconds from start to
> load
>
> She does have quite a lot of data.  Using the Evolution backup tool
> the compressed file is about 1gig.  Her machine is not stellar but
> should be sufficient.  She has a standard 7200-rpm drive and a AMD
> Athlon II X3 processor.  When I watch on the system monitor the CPU
> isn't working that hard, memory is fine, but the HD light is on solid
> until software and data load.
>
> Does this seem right?

No! :S

I prefer using Arch Linux and a wild mix of Debian stable, testing and
unstable.

I have got several *buntu installs on my machine, because I welcome the
effort the Ubuntu Studio developers do, even while I disagree very often
with their choices. However, I experienced Evolution for several *buntu
installs as unusable.

Regards,
Ralf