Greetings, all.

I've recently loaded Makerware Desktop on the Linux side of my dual-boot laptop - actually, an automatic upgrade didn't give me a choice. Prior to this experience, I found Makerware to be much more pleasant under Linux than under Windows - the slicing was faster, and the user interaction was considerably faster.

However, I'm now thinking I ought to roll back the update. Seat of the pants impression was that the new software, besides stealing screen real estate for branding and Makerbot store buttons, was considerably slower in most operations. This morning, I did some quick measurements with a moderately complex model, using consistent fill and support settings. Each of these is on the same laptop, indicating whether the software was running under Windows or Linux. In every case, I was not using the laptop for anything else while slicing.

Makerbot Desktop v3.2.2.52 - Linux: Slice > 35 minutes
Slic3r v1.2 - Linux: Slice < 1.5 minutes
Makerware v2.4.1.24 - Windows: Slice < 7.5 minutes
Cura v14.01 - Windows: Slice < 1 minute (timed via progress bar)

What's your experience?