Caja and Text Editor still take up to 10 seconds to open.

[mothqueen]

And I have no idea why this is. I would expect that it's possible to make caja and text editor to open instantly...

Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa Mate 32-bit.

[Cosmo.]

I use Cinnamon and cannot give Mate-specific advises. But a generally good idea is in those cases to create a new user account and check there. This gives a hint, if the problem is inside the system or in the account.

[Pjotr]

As Cosmo says, but please also generate an overview of your system like this:
- Launch a terminal window (this is how to launch a terminal window);
- make the terminal window fullscreen, in order to avoid chopped lines;
- copy/paste this command into the terminal (copy/paste can be done with your mouse):

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inxi -Fxz

if you type: the letter F is a capital letter

Press Enter.

Copy/paste the output in your next message.

[mothqueen]

As Cosmo says, but please also generate an overview of your system like this:
- Launch a terminal window (this is how to launch a terminal window);
- make the terminal window fullscreen, in order to avoid chopped lines;
- copy/paste this command into the terminal (copy/paste can be done with your mouse):

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inxi -Fxz

if you type: the letter F is a capital letter

Press Enter.

Copy/paste the output in your next message.

Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: MATE 1.12.0 (Gtk 3.10.8~8+qiana)
Distro: Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
Machine: Mobo: Acer model: Acadia v: V1.45
Bios: Acer v: V1.45 date: 11/10/2008
CPU: Dual core Intel T1400 (-MCP-) cache: 512 KB
flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 6916
clock speeds: max: 1729 MHz 1: 1729 MHz 2: 1729 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary)
bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1280x800@59.9hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 965GM x86/MMX/SSE2
GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network: Card-1: Broadcom NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
driver: tg3 v: 3.134 bus-ID: 05:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
driver: ath5k bus-ID: 06:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 120.0GB (74.9% used)
ID-1: /dev/sdb model: Hitachi_HTS54251 size: 120.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 108G used: 82G (80%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.13GB used: 0.26GB (12%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb5
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info: Processes: 174 Uptime: 5 days Memory: 962.5/2006.4MB
Init: Upstart runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.111) inxi: 2.2.28

[Pjotr]

Weak old graphics card. Disable all visual effects in Mate:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... al-effects
(item 6, right column)

And while your on that web page: apply some of the other speed tweaks mentioned there as well.

Finally: your root partition is getting too full, thus increasing the risk of file fragmentation. Free up some disk space and never let your root partition get filled over 80 %. That way, you'll prevent fragmentation. Here are some safe cleaning tips:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/4