title: Emacs takes unbelievably long to start
body: <p>Yesterday, I <code>:q</code>'d Vim to try Emacs for a while. I've started using Elisp (which is a hundred times better than VimScript), but even when I first installed it (via <code>yum</code>), and had changed nothing, it took about 30 seconds to start, and still does (both GUI and <code>-nw</code>).</p>
  
  <p>I checked the <code>*Messages*</code> buffer:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/desktop-entry-mode-init.el (source)...done
  Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/rpmdev-init.el (source)...done
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The files seem to be specific to the RPM package I installed.  I tried changing their names, yet there was no difference.  It still takes 30 seconds.</p>
  
  <p>I've solved it partially by never exiting emacs (I only suspend it) and trying to do everything in it, but it would be nice to occasionally open two Emacs's, especially since I have a tendency to use my terminal emulator's split function rather than something like <code>tmux</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I realized that Emacs would load slower than Vim, but this seems ridiculous for a fresh install. Has anybody got any idea what's going on?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>