On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 03:18 +0100, Heiko Baums wrote: > Am Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:11:40 +0800 > schrieb Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > Specifically on this topic, I've noticed that the latest Ubuntu > > (which I setup on an old laptop for someone else) boots up REALLY > > fast, faster than Arch on this newer, more capable machine. > > > > I've not really put much effort into streamlining boot, but just to > > mention that whatever they've done with Upstart, it does bring boot > > times down. > > Probably just because the daemons aren't started at boottime but > sometime at runtime when upstart or systemd thinks they are needed? > > I'll test the latest Ubuntu in the next few days. > > Heiko I've always dismissed it as simply that, but I recall just commenting out all my daemons for one boot in Arch, and it didn't really help much. The MAIN problem seems to be that I'm using gnome =). As I said, never bothered much to check it out. The latest Ubuntu does leave a good impression on the start though (boot time and initial viewing, the themes are good). That said - I remember the mountains of ppas and self-compiled software I used to have. No thanks =)
