[hblug] Lag when opening programs

[chris morris]

Christopher Love wrote:
> For the last 5 days i have had an annoying wait while opening
> applications and folders.
>
> When I click on an application it appears in the task-bar saying that it
> is 'starting program' and then the application disappears from the
> task-bar and then 5 seconds later the application that I started
> appears.
>
> How do I fix this annoying lag.
>   
Do all programs lag?
For instance does Kate take the same amount of time as Gimp?
If its a RAM or processing power issue smaller aps should load faster.
For instance on my pc
Kate = 1 second
Gimp = 3 seconds
OOwrite = 8 seconds


chris