Re: Bootup speed for F8

[Stewart Adam <s adam diffingo com>]

On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 23:40 +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> Depends on how you define boot time. If you say boot is done when the 
> system is interactive, you cut several seconds.
> 
> "Other OS:es" obviously use this approach, the perceptual being what 
> matters.
> 
> Surely, this must be fixable, it'd be such a boost..
> 
> Linus
That's exactly what I mean - An early login can make the boot seem to
boot much faster even if it really isn't. Waiting is what makes things
seem long; the faster the user interacts, the faster things seem.

Stewart