Deleteing gvfs-metadatas fixed it for me (as a workaround) rm -rf /home/YOUR-USERNAME-HERE/.local/share/gvfs-metadata pkill gvfsd-metadata
As per https://wiki.debian.org/Nautilus/FAQ/SlowNautilus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869793 Title: Nautilus is very slow when opening folders with many files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/869793/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs