What do you like best about Ubuntu?

[George Farris]

Sorry I'm using the digest so the threads get screwed.

> - The boot time is way too long.  Especially since the introduction of
> things like Hotplug and similar.  Windows has been getting faster while
> Linux has been getting slower and slower.  Ubuntu seems to take forever
> to boot.  There has got to be a way to just load the kernel and then
> start GDM right away.  Let the network, hotplug, and all that other junk
> start in the background.  Some things might need to be updated on the
> fly like Windows does after the GUI is already running however.
> 
> For comparison:
> Windows XP SP2 boots to the GUI in 17 seconds flat.  This is with 8 USB
> and 3 Firewire devices connected, it's even faster without those.
> 

The windows boot time is actually not correct. Even though Windows
"looks" like it has booted it is still unusable for some seconds after,
due to the continued boot in the background.

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George Farris   farrisg at mala.bc.ca
Network and Technical Services
Malaspina University-College