On my mac Android Studio is usable, however on my Linux Ultrabook, normally a fast machine, Android Studio and the Emulator are so slow (5 mins to start, one response or less per minute) that they are unusable.
On OSX I remember the main fix for that was about HAX but I don't see any messages in the log window about it and am not sure if that is really the issue.
I installed java 7u79 for the software to work.
I followed the steps here and my hardware seems to support it all, i.e.
$ sudo kvm-ok [sudo] password for durrantm: INFO: /dev/kvm exists KVM acceleration can be used $ egrep -c ' lm ' /proc/cpuinfo 4 $ uname -m x86_64 13:35:40 durrantm Castle2012 /home/durrantm/Downloads/android-studio $ sudo virsh -c qemu:///system list Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- Not sure where to put options though I tried run -> Launch options 
But still slow.
