[Bug]: Appimage starts very slow on Linux Mint 21 and is quite large compared to other messengers

[mruncreative]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Platform

Linux

OS version

Linux Mint 21.3

App version

5.7.1 (42)

Current Behavior

I measured that it takes roughly 7 seconds for the window to appear after starting the application.

Expected Behavior

0-1 second are what is expected.

Steps To Reproduce

Start appimage on Linux Mint 21.3

Relevant log output

D: useDatabaseKey true
D: sendCmd: setTempFolder
D: sendCmd response type cmdOk
D: sendCmd: setFilesFolder
D: sendCmd response type cmdOk
D: sendCmd: setRemoteHostsFolder
D: sendCmd response type cmdOk
D: sendCmd: apiSetEncryptLocalFiles
D: sendCmd response type cmdOk
D: sendCmd: showActiveUser
D: sendCmd response type chatCmdError
D: apiGetActiveUser: chatCmdError chat noActiveUser
D: sendCmd: listRemoteHosts
D: sendCmd response type remoteHostList
D: user: null
D: ChatController startReceiver
D: sendCmd: setLocalDeviceName
D: sendCmd response type cmdOk
D: startChat: started without user
D: sendCmd: listUsers
D: sendCmd: listRemoteHosts
D: sendCmd response type remoteHostList
D: sendCmd response type usersList
D: sendCmd: listRemoteHosts
D: sendCmd response type remoteHostList

[ITwrx]

yeah, 7-8 seconds on f39 as well. If SimpleX is making network connections or something during this time it might be desirable to have a small window pop up and show the different things that are happening in the background until the full application is ready, so users know why it's taking so long.