We're having a GNOME Performance hack session at FOSS.IN/2009.

Participants

• ArunChaganty

• Arun Raghavan
• Krishnan
• Parthasarathi

Reading

These are some useful links. You probably want to install Sysprof and mutrace before the event.

• GnomePerformance

• MemoryReduction

• http://www.gnome.org/~federico/docs/2007-02-FOSDEM/html/index.html

• http://blogs.gnome.org/alexl/2009/09/09/gobject-performance-work/

• http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/mutrace.html

Points of Attack

This list is a work in progress

• Improve GtkFileChooser load time

• Improve upon and add to recent GObject performance work described at http://blogs.gnome.org/alexl/2009/09/09/gobject-performance-work/

• Overall GNOME login time
• Make Anjuta start faster

• Make <insert_your_favourite_app> start faster

• Tackle icon loading time in applications menu