Ubuntu Feisty > Finally Great Boot and Shutdown times.

First thing I noticed after I installed Ubuntu Feisty was the Start up and Shut down times. What a MAJOR improvement. It's Faster or just as Equal as Vista when it comes to the Start up and Shut down times. Also absolutely no visible command line b/w "dos like" text screen on start up and shut down. You only see the pretty bar.

 

LOL. That's cool. I'll be installing Feisty Beta this week sometime...thanks for the heads up on the bootup experience.

On another note - I found even Dapper/Edgy to have faster bootup over Vista. Didn't you?

 

For some reason my start up/shut down times have always been slow sine Dapper. I suspect it to be during the "configuring network interfaces" step, but with the new graphical splash, it's hard to tell. It does shut down pretty quickly though.

 

On the downside, I did have to use gconf-editor to edit the compiz cube desktop. But it's beta so it'll be fixed quickly.

 

I can't wait for Kubuntu Feisty.

 

do you have to do a new install for this? im still new to linux. so is it like windows, where you could upgrade and keep all your files? or do you have to completely get rid of your old version, and install feisty?

 

You can do an upgrade between versions, though sometimes people have trouble with the upgrade (but then again, doesn't Windows have problems too?).

 

Caleb is right. If you keep a clean install of Ubuntu, without using a bunch of third party software and utilities such as Automatix2, Beryl, etc., you should be okay. The problem is that these unsupported third party applications don't always move as quickly as Ubuntu does, and since Ubuntu updates over the net (not by CD), it tries to update all your software along with it. The problem is that if some of your third party unsupported apps happen to not be compatible with the new OS, it will likely leave you with a broken system. That's why it's good backup all your information first. And even then, I'd still recommend a clean install.

 

Beryl work flawless with feisty. I used the Code from this Page. http://www.overclock.net/linux-unix-mac/163690-how-install-beryl-ubuntu-edgy-feisty.html

Its Very simple.

To get the cube working use Ctrl+Alt+ any direction arrow.

 

I've been trying Feisty out on an old slow Celery powered computer with 256mb of RAM, and it runs it like a champ. I did notice the vastly improved boot up/shutdown time and I'm loving that. I havent done too much with it yet though other than some basic stuff.

 

That's the part that kills my startup time, but only if I am using the wireless. It spends so long trying to connect to a network that has security. If I have a wired connection plugged in, Ubuntu Edgy boots faster than Vista.

 

weird... I find that the actual boot time to GDM is REALLY fast with edgy... it's GNOME that takes forever to load (probably because I'm using Deskbar and Tomboy - mono haters, kindly get stuffed).

 

Mine does it whether I have a wired connection enabled or not. Maybe if I disable my wireless while I'm at the desk it'll be different.

 

are you sure you guys haven't stopped your network interfaces from trying to acquire an IP during boot until NetworkManager takes over?

I commented out everything but lo in /etc/network/interfaces, that way ifup won't run anything.

 

Good call there BigV. That upped my boot times dramatically, and wireless still works upon boot. Great tip.

 

i thought i heard there was a way to keep your files without actually backing it up. like the swap or whatever is used for some files. doesnt sound right though, cause the swap is pretty small

 

If you use a separate /home partition (which is a good idea) then when you change OS, it will still keep all your program settings ready for you. So you can jump straight onto MSN, or open the same photos in the GIMP.

 

This is the beauty of the *nix file hierarchy. Completely transparent integration of multiple partitions into the tree, as well as symbolic links, which I love.

It's one of the things that made me go "Wow, this makes so much more sense."