Vscode: Slow startup on Ubuntu 18.10

[ayush987goyal]

Issue Type: Performance Issue

1. Open a terminal and navigate to a director
2. Open VSCode using code .

VSCode takes a lot of time to launch.

VS Code version: Code 1.28.2 (7f3ce96ff4729c91352ae6def877e59c561f4850, 2018-10-17T00:20:56.183Z)
OS version: Linux x64 4.18.0-10-generic

System Info

|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 x 800)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
checker_imaging: disabled_off
flash_3d: enabled
flash_stage3d: enabled
flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
native_gpu_memory_buffers: disabled_software
rasterization: disabled_software
video_decode: unavailable_software
video_encode: unavailable_software
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled|
|Load (avg)|1, 1, 2|
|Memory (System)|7.63GB (0.82GB free)|
|Process Argv|.|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|

Process Info

CPU %   Mem MB     PID  Process
    0      133   19286  code main
    0       39   19288     zygote
    0      203   19654       zygote
    0        0   19684         /bin/bash
    0      102   19693         extensionHost
    0       63   19699         watcherService
    0       63   19747         searchService
    0      102   19704       zygote
    0      102   19984       zygote
    0      133   19644     gpu-process
    0        0   20008     /bin/sh -c /bin/ps -ax -o pid=,ppid=,pcpu=,pmem=,command=
    0        0   20009       /bin/ps -ax -o pid=,ppid=,pcpu=,pmem=,command=

Workspace Info

|  Window (boot_sect_simple.asm - os - Visual Studio Code)
|    Folder (os): 3 files
|      File types: asm(1) gitignore(1) bin(1)
|      Conf files:;

Extensions (25)

Extension|Author (truncated)|Version
---|---|---
language-x86-64-assembly|13x|2.2.11
ng-template|Ang|0.1.10
bracket-pair-colorizer|Coe|1.0.60
dart-code|Dar|2.19.0
flutter|Dar|2.19.0
vscode-eslint|dba|1.6.1
EditorConfig|Edi|0.12.5
tslint|eg2|1.0.40
prettier-vscode|esb|1.6.1
auto-close-tag|for|0.5.6
auto-rename-tag|for|0.0.15
vscode-pull-request-github|Git|0.2.1
Angular2|joh|6.3.0
Angular-BeastCode|Mik|7.0.4
dotenv|mik|1.0.1
python|ms-|2018.9.1
cpptools|ms-|0.19.0
Go|ms-|0.6.93
debugger-for-chrome|msj|4.10.2
vetur|oct|0.13.0
vscode-graphql|Pri|0.1.5
vscode-icons|rob|7.27.0
sass-indented|rob|1.4.9
code-settings-sync|Sha|3.2.0
JavaScriptSnippets|xab|1.7.1

(1 theme extensions excluded)

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• Slow and Ugly font in Ubuntu 18.10 (#61506)
  

[ayush987goyal]

This is in particular to the snap packaged vscode.

[scruti]

Have the same issue. The launch time of the VScode Snap became unbearably slow since upgrading to Ubuntu 18.10

[jkehler]

I experienced the same issue on Ubuntu 18.10. i installed VSCode via the Ubuntu Software center which is a snap package. It would take ~15 seconds to launch every single time. So I uninstalled the snap package and installed it via the .deb download link instead and it starts up almost immediately.

[andreujuanc]

Did exactly what @jkehler said, and got opened immediately. :(
I heard lot's of these issues with snaps in several apps, like Gnome Calculator :rofl:

[Tyriar]

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/61613