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“There are lots of ways of improving the performance of your
computer. We investigated a number of solutions in our feature
entitled Ubuntu Tips – Boot Faster which concentrated on shortening
the time taken for a machine to boot. These included disabling
services that are not needed, concurrent booting, and reprofiling
the boot sequence. The article also gave tips on optimising the
general system performance including ways to make more efficient
use of memory, improving hard disk performance, and by using a
lightweight desktop environment. These can all have a marked effect
on minimising the boot process. However, having a machine that is
quick to boot is only one area that needs to be tackled if a
computer is going to remain responsive.”