Why is the Linux version of Cursor so slow and buggy

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Can we just have a Linux client that does respect human decency? It’s slow, laggy, it freezes a lot for no reasons and i tried it on various desktop environments, i always encounter those performances issues that makes Cursor unusable on Linux.

The Appimage just doesn’t do the trick at all.

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I have the same Issues with the appimage. The client randomly freezes when just scrolling or typing, not even using the AI features.
I end up coding in vscode and limit cursoruse to AI.

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me too

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0.48 version not have issue
I tryed is OK
Can try it

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i am using
Version: 1.2.4
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: a8e95743c5268be73767c46944a71f4465d05c90
Date: 2025-07-10T16:59:43.242Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 5.15.0-105-generic

and its a nightmare.
it crashes around every 30min
it freezes regularly and only sometimes catches itself again.

i am not doing anything intense just making a website with django

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Same problem. Cursor keeps freezing in my Ubuntu. Doesn’t respond to keyboard or mouse clicks for for 3-10 seconds. Gets completely unusable if run for longer than an hour an especially with long chats. Support can’t help (just keep repeating the same thing: update to newer version, despite the fact that I’m always running the latest version). I don’t have such issues with my VSCode.

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Same problem too.

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The freezing issue is fixed in v1.4.5 released today

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i just upgraded and frankly it got worse…
Version: 1.4.5
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: af58d92614edb1f72bdd756615d131bf8dfa5290
Date: 2025-08-13T02:08:56.371Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 5.15.0-105-generic

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