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📣 peatmoss

Did Firefox with Snap on Ubuntu recently improve startup times?


After being frustrated with startup times of Firefox on Ubuntu for some time, I realize sometime recently I stopped noticing a large startup time on my desktop. Has anyone else noticed this? Does anyone know what changed?


  👤 butz Accepted Answer ✓
They are still working on it, but have made significant improvements. Posted on 8th of July 2022: "Our latest improvements look to deliver an average 50% reduction in start time after a fresh install compared to Firefox 101, consistent across a range of distributions and platforms." ( https://ubuntu.com/blog/improving-firefox-snap-performance-p... )