This is the first time I am posting in this discourse. I am doing this as I was invited to do so by @ogra.
I don’t use snaps as they are slow. I tried to find out why, so did some tests. I also notice that they are not portable, and to have snaps one needs another app to run it. So, as to not to duplicate the findings, I am pasting the link here. Mainly tested in Ubuntu 19.10 dev, and also in Arch Linux and Fedora 31, both with gnome 3.34, installed on bare metal.
Note: I don’t want to argue with anyone, for or against snaps or any other package format.
time firefox (deb)
real 0m12,308s
user 0m5,180s
sys 0m0,921s
time snap run firefox (first run after new revision):
real 0m35,241s
user 0m17,252s
sys 0m15,613s
time snap run firefox (cold run):
real 0m14,275s
user 0m4,616s
sys 0m9,719s
time chromium-browser
real 0m11,381s
user 0m0,717s
sys 0m0,262s
time snap run chromium
real 0m14,169s
user 0m1,431s
sys 0m8,428s
time snap run chromium (run after libreoffice, gnome-system-monitor or gnome-calculator)
real 0m12,650s
user 0m1,276s
sys 0m8,074s
time gnome-calculator
real 0m2,303s
user 0m0,297s
sys 0m0,046s
Lets test first (from these 3) gnome-calculator, second gnome-system-monitor, third libreoffice :
time snap run gnome-calculator (first to test gnome-calculator – is start a bit slow):
real 0m4,416s
user 0m0,359s
sys 0m1,436s
if is tested “second” (after gnome-system-monitor or libreoffice) – start fast:
real 0m2,326s
user 0m0,345s
sys 0m0,438s
time gnome-system-monitor
real 0m2,198s
user 0m0,444s
sys 0m0,045s
time snap run gnome-system-monitor (If is tested second gnome-system-monitor start fast).
real 0m2,792s
user 0m0,509s
sys 0m0,485s
but if is first is slow:
real 0m4,892s
user 0m0,519s
sys 0m1,468s
time snap run libreoffice (same if is first +2-3 sec)
real 0m11,058s
user 0m2,803s
sys 0m5,144s
but if first:
real 0m14,413s
user 0m2,855s
sys 0m7,045s
Snaps need speed and beauty to be more used (speed (first run and cold run); beauty (integration)). Although the start time has improved, between 1-2 seconds still must disappear form cold start (and maybe preload what is needed for gnome-calculator, libreoffice, chromium, etc).
First run he also needs improvements.
