dwould,

Tried it this morning, maybe a little snappier on routing. Still a little behind while driving (using follow=3) 50-75% cpu usage spikes. Very similar to current svn.

Menu is still slow to load each screen, however very quick between screens once loaded. Slow to load again next time menu is accessed. Is this the same kind response you are seeing?

Doesn't appear to exit cleanly if using the close "x" in window mode. I thought one of gerritv's fixes addressed that.

I uninstalled / re-installed using your package (checked /usr/share/navit to be sure uninstall was complete.