Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.10 very slow

[Patrick Shanahan <paka opensuse org>]

* Rick Strong <rnstrong primus ca> [05-13-18 15:01]:
> Not to dismiss your experience, mine is different:
>
> GIMP 2.10.0 opens in about 7~8 seconds (first opening of the day; subsequent
> openings are faster).
> The "Export As" dialogue opens in 4 sec. Ram usage is about 2.07 GB, 26%.
> WIN 7 64 Pro, SP 1, 8GB RAM
>
> My initial install experience with 2.10.0 was bad. It opened *very* slowly
> and then wouldn't open at all.
> - I uninstalled 2.10.0.
> - I uninstalled 2.8.16 (which supposedly had been uninstalled or
> overwritten).
> - I installed 2.10 to **a brand new folder.**
> - It runs like a charm (so far).
>
> Might be worth a try.
>
> Rick S.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: wireless112
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2018 9:53 PM
> To: gimp-user-list gnome org
> Cc: notifications gimpusers com
> Subject: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.10 very slow
>
> Slow I think is too generous. I would say 486 about describes the
> performance.
> Win 10 64. TR 1950x, 32 GB RAM, 2 R7 370's.
>
> We're talking a minute waiting for export dialogs to finally become visible,
> and
> when they do a majority of the time they aren't on the foreground. You have
> to
> go hunting.
>
> I had 2.8 on my previous build, no problems whatsoever. My previous build
> was a
> FX8350 with 24GB of RAM. Same video.
>
> 2.8 = Lamborghini Aventador SV
>
> 2.10 = Ford Pinto
>
> That's with 8 GB more RAM, 8 more cores, and 16 additional threads.  And a
> whole
> bunch of additional PCIe lanes. Source material on nvm's vs platters. I
> surely
> wasn't expecting this slow.  I am going to reinstall 2.8 now.
>
> At this point I am just basically saying me too. Not expecting assistance on
> a
> work around, I'll try the next version when it comes out.
>
> Also 2.10 is a RAM pig.

on my openSUSE Tumbleweed gimp 2.10 opens in < 4 seconds and uses < 80 mb
of memory w/o swap, while darktable utilizes 182 mb of memory.

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