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Replacing init with Upstart (Linux.com)
Replacing init with Upstart (Linux.com)
Posted Oct 5, 2006 5:35 UTC (Thu) by rsidd (subscriber, #2582)Parent article: Replacing init with Upstart (Linux.com)
One remarkable thing with upstart on edgy is that, with the bootup splash disabled, it gives me the fastest console login prompt I've ever seen anywhere -- literally about 2 seconds after grub starts loading the kernel. I can log in and look at my home directory while the system continues to boot and load other services.
I'm running edgy on my laptop and haven't noticed a single glitch. I'm sold on this.
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Replacing init with Upstart (Linux.com)
Posted Oct 5, 2006 10:28 UTC (Thu) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018) [Link]
Also gives us the fastest shut down I have ever seen since Windows 98, thanks to this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Teardown