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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:43:26 +0000i3-dmenu-desktop is taking 1 or 2 seconds to load!https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2987/i3-dmenu-desktop-is-taking-1-or-2-seconds-to-load/I'm using Debian jessie(testing) and I'm running i3 version 4.6. Everything i3 is blazing fast(less then a second probably in milliseconds) and I love it except i3-dmenu-desktop witch takes a solid second or two to load. Thanks in advance.Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:05:36 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2987/i3-dmenu-desktop-is-taking-1-or-2-seconds-to-load/Answer by Michael for I'm using Debian jessie(testing) and I'm running i3 version 4.6. Everything i3 is blazing fast(less then a second probably in milliseconds) and I love it except i3-dmenu-desktop witch takes a solid second or two to load. Thanks in advance. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2987/i3-dmenu-desktop-is-taking-1-or-2-seconds-to-load/?answer=2988#post-id-2988Get an SSD for faster random file access. If you already have one, strace i3-dmenu-desktop to find out where it’s spending its time. Maybe there is a directly with a lot of .desktop files on your machine. There also is https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop, which is written in C++ and should be a lot faster.Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:10:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2987/i3-dmenu-desktop-is-taking-1-or-2-seconds-to-load/?answer=2988#post-id-2988Comment by TechyCluster for Get an SSD for faster random file access. If you already have one, strace i3-dmenu-desktop to find out where it’s spending its time. Maybe there is a directly with a lot of .desktop files on your machine. There also is <a href="https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop">https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-de...</a>, which is written in C++ and should be a lot faster. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2987/i3-dmenu-desktop-is-taking-1-or-2-seconds-to-load/?comment=2992#comment-2992Why don't you replace i3-dmenu-desktop with j4-dmenu-desktop in the main project?Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:43:26 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2987/i3-dmenu-desktop-is-taking-1-or-2-seconds-to-load/?comment=2992#comment-2992Comment by TechyCluster for Get an SSD for faster random file access. If you already have one, strace i3-dmenu-desktop to find out where it’s spending its time. Maybe there is a directly with a lot of .desktop files on your machine. There also is <a href="https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop">https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-de...</a>, which is written in C++ and should be a lot faster. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2987/i3-dmenu-desktop-is-taking-1-or-2-seconds-to-load/?comment=2989#comment-2989Thanks for the quick answer. Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:28:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2987/i3-dmenu-desktop-is-taking-1-or-2-seconds-to-load/?comment=2989#comment-2989Answer by TechyCluster for I'm using Debian jessie(testing) and I'm running i3 version 4.6. Everything i3 is blazing fast(less then a second probably in milliseconds) and I love it except i3-dmenu-desktop witch takes a solid second or two to load. Thanks in advance. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2987/i3-dmenu-desktop-is-taking-1-or-2-seconds-to-load/?answer=2990#post-id-2990I decided to run `find / -name "*.desktop"` and I found a directory `/usr/share/app-install/desktop` full of desktop files of applications that I don't have installed. It was some kind of cache. I removed it and i3-dmenu-desktop is a bit faster but it still takes a second to load. I' going to try j4-dmenu-desktop.Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:42:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2987/i3-dmenu-desktop-is-taking-1-or-2-seconds-to-load/?answer=2990#post-id-2990Comment by TechyCluster for I decided to run <code>find / -name "*.desktop"</code> and I found a directory <code>/usr/share/app-install/desktop</code> full of desktop files of applications that I don't have installed. It was some kind of cache. I removed it and i3-dmenu-desktop is a bit faster but it still takes a second to load. I' going to try j4-dmenu-desktop. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2987/i3-dmenu-desktop-is-taking-1-or-2-seconds-to-load/?comment=2991#comment-2991I've tried j4-dmenu-desktop and it is blazing fast!Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:40:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2987/i3-dmenu-desktop-is-taking-1-or-2-seconds-to-load/?comment=2991#comment-2991