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While using Nautilus, try the following command in a terminal: dmesg | tail If there are any error messages in the dump, there may be a bug here. Otherwise, it may just be configuration. Older or budget SSDs can have their controllers overwhelmed by too many reads called "stuttering". Generating the preview with Nautilus causes many such reads. If you are comfortable with editing your /etc/fstab, you can try adding the "noatime" or "relatime" option to any partition on the SSD (except swap) and see if that reduces reads enough. I know on my SSD (Kingston SSDNow 128GB) the "noatime" option worked wonders on my boot time, although my computer is probably too fast to notice any change in nautilus performance... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001578 Title: Nautilus on SSD is slower than on external HDD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1001578/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
