Hi Pascual, whenever you make serious changes to your system, you may be fast enough to see a message regarding 'ureadahead has been triggered'. This is the system that collects all the initial startup stuff into one area so it can be quickly accessed. I've never had a better explanation than from the guy responsible for it, back in 10.04 :)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1434502 Regards, Phill. On 3 January 2013 23:10, Pascual Lucero <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I would like to ask about measures to improve Lubuntu Quantal boot time > and Lubuntu boot time in general (I used in the past Lubuntu 11.10 y > Lubuntu 12.04). Usually I uninstall programs that I don't need in my > computer (for example, bluetooth-related programs) and I have followed > several recommendations from different websites about programs that are not > needed at startup and have used programs like sysv-rc-conf, bum in order > to remove unnecessary services. Similarly, I have edited /etc/xdg/autostart > for the same purpose and of course, looked at "Desktop Session Settings" > and have changed the grub options in /etc/default/grub in the line > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to "quiet 3" as I saw in one recommendation. > Finally, I have checked with bootchart and have seen that apparently > plymouth takes most of the boot time as well as ntfs-3g (because I > automatically mount a ntfs partition). I removed in /etc/fstab the > automatic mounting of that ntfs-3g partition I had as a final measure. > > With those measures, boot time is about 25 seconds (i.e, from choosing > Lubuntu in the grub menu until seen the login screen it takes that time). > In which sense this is relatively slow? Before, with a fresh install it was > 30 seconds. > > > - I installed in the same computer Ubuntu 12.10 (with Unity) and boot time > was 32 seconds with a fresh install. > - I also installed in the same computer Linux Mint 14 Xfce edition and > boot time was 14 seconds with a fresh install!! (What is the secret?) > > So, I don't undestand why Lubuntu, being the lightest Ubuntu variant, is > not as fast at boot time as a Xfce variant and how can this boot time can > be improved. I am amazed that also, in terms of battery life in my laptop, > the power consumption is even worse. Certainly, Lubuntu is very responsive > and and light in terms of CPU and RAM usage (and I use Lubuntu for may > everyday work). However, in the aspects I have mentioned, you don't feel > the difference you would expect in using a lightweight DE. > > Is there another tip I have missed to improve boot time in my computer? > Are there plans to work in improving Lubuntu boot time (for all users) in > future versions? > > Thanks for your attention, > > > *PS: New year's wish: I have seen Lubuntu artwork very developed ... but > only in the default light theme. Are there plans to work in creating a dark > theme on par with the light one?* > > Thanks! > > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > -- > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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