Hi Ramón,
Yes, that is extremely slow; I'd suggest enabling show_stats in config.inc.php, which will add a footer with some numbers on performance. Make sure that the cache directory and its contents are writable by the web server.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
Open Journal Systems Team
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