Not just slower, but there is also screen corruption (missing/partially drawn characters).
** Attachment added: "Visual of screen corruption using GNOME Terminal 2.17.91." http://librarian.launchpad.net/6493272/Corruption.png -- gnome-terminal reacting very sluggishly https://launchpad.net/bugs/85575 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs