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With Gentoo/OpenRC using a minimal config and compiled kernel and booting from an efistub with built-in kernel cmd pointing to the root filesystem, my desktop b
by checkyoursudo 4y ago
With Gentoo/OpenRC using a minimal config and compiled kernel and booting from an efistub with built-in kernel cmd pointing to the root filesystem, my desktop boots from cold to login screen in about 8 seconds.
My macbook takes ages to boot to login.
- microtonal 4y agoMy macbook takes ages to boot to login. My MacBook Air M1 takes 12 seconds from cold boot (including firmware) to the password prompt. This is the prompt that unlocks FDE. After that, it shows my desktop in 10 seconds. So, 22 second in total. I don't really care, because I reboot my Macs maybe once every few weeks. (My Linux workstations usually take more than 12 seconds, perhaps even more than 22 seconds in EFI firmware.)
- checkyoursudo 4y agoYeah, I don't reboot the macbook more than once every many weeks so it's not a big deal or anything. On the other hand, my super speedy linux doesn't quite know how to hibernate right, while the macbook does and wakes up again like a champ--like instantly. You win some and lose some.
- SahAssar 4y agoI have similar boot times on arch/systemd with efistub too, and with some basic optimization I get to sub 5s. At least for ubuntu there is a large layer of crap (snap, etc) that keeps it from being performant, and for other distros I'm guessing they have their own choices of what blocks the graphical target.
- checkyoursudo 4y agoI put a full, persistent Gentoo install on a usb drive (like a little 250GB flash drive) with a universal (e.g. livecd, BIG) kernel and disk encryption, and even that only takes about 30 seconds to get to the login screen on any relatively modern hardware. Loading from a flash drive. Some distributions make some ... interesting choices w/r/t performance. I guess.