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Interestedinthepenguin
June 4th, 2007, 05:17 AM
I just wanted to know how long it took for you guys' Ubuntu installations to boot.

Mine takes about 51 seconds. ...I believe it's always been like that. :???:

Sometimes, I'll boot into Windows, just because it boots faster. 8-[

blackened
June 4th, 2007, 06:30 AM
Ubuntu takes 24 seconds on my Athlon 2200+ w/1GB of RAM. I could probably shave a second or two if I switched to a static IP address and eliminated usplash, but it's ugly watching the verbose boot cycle (I think).

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w289/s1x21/feisty-bootchart1.png

Iarwain ben-adar
June 4th, 2007, 06:50 AM
Mine takes 34 seconds..

I want to get under 20!
lol


Iarwain

yatt
June 4th, 2007, 07:26 AM
40-45 seconds. I really should compile my own kernel again.


Anybody else here about Suse's plan to get a 5 second boot?

blackened
June 4th, 2007, 07:40 AM
40-45 seconds. I really should compile my own kernel again.


Anybody else here about Suse's plan to get a 5 second boot?

Are they talking about a complete boot cycle or 5 seconds to get to runlevel 5? That's pretty much how Windows seems to have faster boot times: get to the GUI as quickly as possible, then finish the boot cycle. Which means you have a GUI in front of you, but you can't use it yet because all the crap is still being loaded. Personally I would rather not even see a GUI if it isn't yet fully functional.

eentonig
June 4th, 2007, 07:50 AM
If you mean 'useable'

My windows boot time is between 5 to 10 minutes at work.

My ubuntu, I can actually use within the minute.

slimdog360
June 4th, 2007, 08:05 AM
37 seconds from the button press, about 20 seconds from the lilo prompt which has a one second delay. Im on zenwalk at the moment though.
so thats 37 seconds from the time I press the button to the time I have a useable desktop. Not to bad in my opinion.

loathsome
June 4th, 2007, 06:15 PM
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=451342

I have about 34 seconds.

Interestedinthepenguin
June 4th, 2007, 06:57 PM
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=451342


Thanks for the link, loathsome. I searched for similar threads before starting this one; I even used Google, and that thread didn't come up.:oops:

Gargamella
June 4th, 2007, 07:51 PM
mine take almost twice as XP, ;(

visionaire
June 4th, 2007, 07:53 PM
i will tell you tonight when at home, here in my work i use XP lol