Boot speed competition - Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Mint | Linux Today

Boot speed competition – Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Mint

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 1, 2012

The most important finding is not the rather expected variation in boot times for such seemingly similar distributions, it’s the great lack of major time boost with SSD compared to older hardware and much slower disks….

To sum it up, Mint and Ubuntu will get you there in 10 seconds or less, Kubuntu will manage in about 22 seconds. Overall, all three results are fairly satisfactory for modern standards.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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