Ubuntu – Google Chrome starting up slow

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Whenever I try to open Chrome for the first time after booting, it takes about 8-10 seconds longer than it does for Windows. Is this the case for everyone? Is there a way to fix it?
I know it is not that much of an important problem but it bothers to wait that long while the process is instant on Windows 7.

Best Answer

This sound like an issue with Chrome. However, you can install this daemon which will significantly improve launching apps on start-up. It is called Preload. Here is the summary of what Preload, taken from the Ubuntu Software Center:

preload monitors applications that users run, and by analyzing this data, predicts what applications users might run, and fetches those binaries and their dependencies into memory for faster startup times. Note that installing preload will not make your system boot faster and that preload is a daemon that runs with root priviledges.

I have used it, and found that when I get to my desktop, from boot, programs like Firefox, launch significantly faster.

To install it, either open the Ubuntu Software Center, and search for preload, or for Terminal users, open the terminal (Alt+Ctrl+T) and enter:

sudo apt-get install preload

Simple as that. Please report if it make Chrome open quicker. I hope this helped.

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