Ubuntu 11.10 Down To 12-Second Boot

deadeyefred writes "Even though it's still only in alpha, it appears as though the forthcoming version of Ubuntu, version 11.10, will be much faster than earlier versions, according to this story. Quoting: 'After installing the OS onto a PC with an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 at 3.00 GHz and a hard disk drive, we stop-watched boot-up time at 12 seconds — more than three seconds faster than the previous best time we’ve measured.' It looks as if the switch from GDM to LightDM will have a significant impact as Ubuntu gets closer to 'instant on' status."

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Re:HDD -- SSD

[hairyfeet]

Hell I think that is SOP with all OSes these days. Windows 7 optimizes files for boot performance, although rankly hybrid sleep has gotten so good I tell customers don't even bother with shutdown unless prompted for a reboot for some reason, just put her to sleep, Apple has always had excellent sleep from what I've been told, and now Ubuntu has 12 second boots.

But to me the problem with Linux was never boot or resource usage, both were usually great, but the drivers being borked all the time. When is Canonical gonna make some sort of universal driver repo that you can just click a "find drivers" button and it'll download and compile or configure the drivers FOR you, so you don't need forum hunts? Hell at least have a driver rollback button like Windows has had since Win2K so if an upgrade borks a driver you can rollback. The whole thing reminds me of this classic XKCD.

But if any Canonical devs are reading this? Congrats. You guys already have a nice OS, plenty of features, several DEs to choose from, lots of software, if y'all would fix the driver breakage problem my shelves would have plenty of Ubuntu boxes next to the Windows ones. Good luck guys and congrats again!