Opera takes 40-45 seconds to open with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr last edited by

Just installed Ubuntu 20.04LTS. Added a few programs and such and Opera Version:83.0.4254.27
Opera is up to date.

Boot up 20.04 and when first opening Opera it is very slow to open, taking 40-45 seconds! Once it opens Opera runs fine. When I close it and relaunch, Opera opens in a couple seconds with no problems.

Question is why does it take so long to launch on first launch when powering up?

[john-53]

john-53 last edited by

It takes mine almost 30 seconds. Same for Chromium.

I have an HDD with 4 GB RAM.

These browsers are getting bloated I guess; an SSD and more RAM will only fix it probably.

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr last edited by cybrsaylr

Chromium and Firefox open in about 5 seconds for me.

Opera takes 40-45 seconds to open after launching it first after booting up PC!
Then if I close Opera and relaunch, Opera will open again in about 5 seconds.

My PC system has all SSDs and 8 GB of RAM.

[john-53]

john-53 @cybrsaylr last edited by

@cybrsaylr

Since you have SSD you shouldn't being having this sort of problem.

There's something in the initializing process that's holding up Opera. At this point I would have no idea what that is.

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr last edited by

I still have up to date Opera on another SSD running Ubuntu 18.04 and Opera launches in 5-10 seconds on that system.

Strange that up to date Opera takes 40-45 seconds to launch with Ubuntu 20.04 on a new SSD just installed!

Is there some way to speed up this Opera launch?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by A Former User

On mine about 20 secs (Lubuntu 20.04, SSD 1.8Ghz).
Although nowadays, it's not the startup that bothers me. It's the window resize - that's super slow. It's like slow motion, that's when I go make a cup of tea.

Also, they have not yet fixed the window minimize which doesn't work. You have to click the system tray to minimize it.

[espiros]

espiros @cybrsaylr last edited by

@cybrsaylr Hi,, I had similar problem. so i uninstalled and re-installed opera as per the procedures given in this link.
https://www.how2shout.com/linux/how-to-install-opera-browser-on-ubuntu-22-04-lts-jammy/
Now its very quick to open.

[A Former User]

A Former User @espiros last edited by

@espiros I removed opera snap ( stable ) and reinstalled it with .deb.
Opens quickly,

[Darnok85]

Darnok85 @espiros last edited by

@espiros your link does not work but this also helps: https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Opera-Browser-Through-Terminal-on-Ubuntu

[myswtest]

myswtest @Darnok85 last edited by

@darnok85 said in Opera takes 40-45 seconds to open with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:

@espiros your link does not work but this also helps: https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Opera-Browser-Through-Terminal-on-Ubuntu

yea, that previous link was posted a year ago ... many sites remove content that is stale or not applicable anymore