https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423723
Bug ID: 423723
Summary: Subjectively speaking, Discover takes too long to be
useful after it starts up
Product: Discover
Version: 5.19.2
Platform: Neon Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: discover
Assignee: lei...@leinir.dk
Reporter: k...@callthecomputerdoctor.com
CC: aleix...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
I realize this is subjective, but I and my friend are reluctant to use
Discover. Because when it starts, we have to wait for awhile before Discover
can be usable.
I have a friend who is not an expert who uses Kubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 on his
computers and he explicitly doesn't like to use Discover because, as he says,
"it's too slow". So he prefers to use Muon. I prefer to use anything else
because of the lag before Discover becomes useful. I have a laptop running KDE
neon with a SSD, so I'm used to things being responsive.
Similarly, it's frustrating because I know that my computer has *already* done
an "apt update" because the notifier is telling me that there are system
updates. Then I click on the notifier in the system tray, and Discover opens,
but it looks like it's doing *another* "apt update" before it wants to show me
the updates that it already knows I need. Which contributes to the
waiting/unresponsiveness/frustration.
I have a slow internet connection, while my friend has a very fast connection,
and neither make a difference.
I don't know what the solution to this is. Maybe if the computer has just done
an update, then don't do another update when Discover starts...? Or have a
message saying "Discover hasn't been refreshed in xxx days. Click here to
refresh its contents."?? So that way Discover can be immediately useful.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Launch Discover
2. Wait
3. Wait
4. Wait
5. Wait
6. Wait
7. Is it usable yet? No? Wait
DESIRED RESULT
Discover is usable right after it appears onscreen. Even if its contents aren't
valid up to that moment.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Hard drive: SSD
Network connection: both slow and fast
Operating System: KDE neon 5.19
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0
Qt Version: 5.14.2
Kernel Version: 5.3.0-61-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-2467M CPU @ 1.60GHz
Memory: 7.7 GiB of RAM
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