#Chrome takes forever to load

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brittle folio
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Need help because Chrome takes forever to load after I boot into Mint...why??

undone mortar
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do whereis gnome-keyring

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ensure it's there, and the service is running in autostart apps

brittle folio
undone mortar
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ctrl-alt-t and type it

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and check Startup Apps in System Settings

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paths mean it's installed.

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is your desktop set to auto-login?

brittle folio
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No I mean

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not in start ups either

undone mortar
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do ctrl-alt-backspace to log out quickly. then re-enter and do NOT open discord either. or anything else, just launch Chrome, and time it

brittle folio
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k

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30.72 seconds

brittle folio
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sorry took so long to get back here had to reboot

undone mortar
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is it on hard drive?

brittle folio
undone mortar
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and for comparison, how long does it take Firefox to launch to usable state?

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HHD?

brittle folio
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ok be back in a minute

brittle folio
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for firefox

undone mortar
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reasonable

brittle folio
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discord takes forever too

undone mortar
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it's a huge Chromium app

brittle folio
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so that is normal for mint

undone mortar
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idk i havent used a hard drive in ages

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23 seconds sounds reasonable for first-launch

brittle folio
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OK I guess its off to best buy for an ssd

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Thank you for helping

nimble cove
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HDDs are very bad for running OSes