Hi, Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS running on SSD laptop with 16GB ram and i7 cpu here, i can confirm that startup was very slow and was solved doing:
$ snap remove gnome-calculator $ sudo apt-get install gnome-calculator Before the "snap remove" startup time was as minimum 10 secs, now is 1 sec or less. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-calculator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797734 Title: slow calculator startup Status in gnome-calculator package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The calculator starts very slowly. It's a tiny program, but it runs like a very big one. In previous versions of Ubuntu, the launch was normal, very fast. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-calculator (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-36.39-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-36-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Oct 14 08:40:06 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-06 (160 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-calculator UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-calculator/+bug/1797734/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp