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Originally Posted by sjfan
FWIW I have about 3200 books and it takes 3.5 seconds to launch for me, so it's probably more about to the disk performance (I'm on an SSD) or OS-level stuff like the filesystem than the library per se.
I still often use the folder hierarchy rather than going through Calibre because it's quicker and easier for a lot of things, but I still keep everything in Calibre (which does the primary layout) and use a parallel tree of symlinks to structure things the way I like from the command-line.
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My laptop has a Core I7 and a very fast SSD and with just a few books it takes about 5 seconds to load. My old laptop with a Core I3 and a 5400 RPM hard drive took close to a minute to load, also with very few books. I think it was on this or my previous laptop that I made the decision not to use Calibre as a librarian. Although I have to admit I really prefer doing it myself anyway.
If I hit the link to run Chrome it's on the screen instantly ready to go. Open Office, a very slow loading program, loads quite a bit faster than Calibre. This thing can reboot in 11 seconds.
This is nothing against Calibre. I use it for conversions and I depend on it and I often recommend it. But it's not a fast loading program.
Barry