Well apt seems rather slow as well, and sometime result in segfault of /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin and /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin, maybe this is connected since Synaptic seems to be a frontend to apt.
-- Synaptic too slow https://launchpad.net/bugs/63171 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
