Why is smartgit hanging?

Question

linux

Testing smartgit on linux mint. The problem is that when you press the log button in an open repository (it seems to show all the commits in a tree), everything hangs tightly. The Internet is good, but maybe the laptop is a bit weak. All the same, not so much that I have 5 minutes hanging without hanging. So I didn't wait. And I tried to close it through the task manager - I chopped off the smartgit tasks, but the window did not disappear, I had to restart the computer. What the hell is that? Yes, and at startup it starts for 5-10 seconds. For comparison, on Windows, the same SourceTree starts instantly. By the way, most other programs on this laptop work quite quickly. Strange why would he slow down like that?
P.S. And what do you use from the gui shells of git? Something convenient and cross-platform is desirable. And, of course, it's free. :D I heard about a new tower client, outwardly very much even nothing, but a paid bastard. :(
P.S. And another small sub-question: what other sites for version control? I know github and bitbucket. And personally, I even like bitbucket more because you can create private repositories there for free (albeit limitedly) and IMHO the web interface is more convenient What else is there
? ) git is more popular in Russia Am I right?

Answer 1

Try running smartgit from the console and see what it says in the output. Perhaps this will lead to an answer why it hangs. I myself somehow tried to use it on linux mint, but I don’t like all these graphical shells for git, in my case the console is only.
Github is convenient for those with its capabilities and community. If you are interested in private repositories, you can also look towards gitlab. Many companies use it, by the way.
git is more popular everywhere. I've actually only seen one use svn, but since I started working on this team, we quickly moved to git. git has become almost the standard everywhere. It is convenient and understandable. It is used everywhere, it is equally popular in all countries. His knowledge is required for 90% of vacancies. Plus, Linus wrote it himself!
How is git different from other version control systems? Yes, actually a lot. In the same svn, separate branches are separate folders. git is a distributed system, svn is a centralized system.