I was affected too and i solved it with Sameer Morar's PPA 1) exit banshee
2) add the PPA: ppa:smorar/random 3) update your system Step 2 and 3 can be easily performed in a gnome-terminal thusly: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:smorar/random sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/688781 Title: Fix performance regression affecting Banshee -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs