Gnome software is very slow

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gnome software is so slow it can only install 1 flatpak at time and nothing else not even rpm while it installing app you cant search or do anything

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You need to provide much more detail for us to understand the issue. Is this a new problem on an install that was working well or did you just install Fedora? An easy way to provide basic data is to post the output from running inxi -Fzxx in a terminal (copy and then paste the text using the </> button from the top line of the text entry panel).

Slowdowns like you describe are often due to some app hogging a resource. Linux has many tools that will show you which processes are using excessive resources. If you are using F41 Gnome, you should have an app called “Usage” that may help identify if that is causing your issue.

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I did use Gnome Software on the weekend, and it was a really frustrating experience as it is soooo slow. Plenty of RAM and CPU available, so definitely not a resource issue.

Installing a flatpak blocks the entire application until the flatpak is installed, as if this couldn’t happen in the background.

Worth reporting to gnome software devs at Issues · GNOME / gnome-software · GitLab

It can’t install them at the same time, but it should queue the requested installs in the background…

see also: GNOME Software Store is so slow (#1962) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-software · GitLab and Issues · GNOME / gnome-software · GitLab

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Hello JD,

  1. How fast is your Internet connection?
  2. You should not try installing a Flatpak and an RPM concurrently …
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I have been using Fedora 42 since it was released in April. I updated from 41 to 42. I have the same problem with Gnome Software. The problem has been going on for about 10 days. It looks like a problem with mirrors, but I couldn’t solve it. I don’t understand how. Downloading absolutely all the software takes 30 minutes or more. Because of this, it became impossible to use the search in Gnome Software. It is constantly loading.

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If you update from a terminal, does it go faster? Do you see any feedback on screen that tells you about what could be stalling?

$ sudo dnf up
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2 posts were split to a new topic: 404 and timeout errors on dnf update

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I am having the same issue.
Did you find any solution??

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Now, there are two independent issues being discussed here.

1.) Gnome Software being slow
2.) dnf update issue with mirrors.

I am going to split the dnf mirror issue into a new topic.

Disregard that comment. You can install flatpak and rpm of the same app concurrently, you can even install them at the same time.

@minawaheed which one is your problem?

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Also note that running sudo dnf update is a different update mechanism, it’s not the terminal equivalent of what Gnome Software does.
If you want to perform the actions of Gnome Software in a terminal to get more feedback that Gnome Software provides, run:

  • sudo pkcon refresh force, and
  • flatpak update
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@augenauf

  1. The Software app is very slow. It’s more related to Fedora. On some other distros is working fine.
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It has been reported before, but didnt go anywhere:

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I don’t get it. Why this issue is existing till now? And mainly with Fedora.

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  • it only affects a few users

  • those users haven’t supplied enough details for us to understand the cause(s):

  1. do those havng the issue have hardware in common?
  2. what do resource monitoring tools report (e.g., high memory demands or CPU usage)?
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Affects small amount of users depending on what?

  1. The issue for me happened in 2 systems completely different in hardware even in the GPU Nvidia or AMD.
  2. No, normal resources usage, it’s the same issue in low hardware pc and upgraded one and in both the recourses usage is normal.
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