[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux in Government: Optimizing Desktop Performance, Part III | Linux Journal

[Pat Regan]

Tom Adelstein wrote:
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8322
> 

I skimmed the article, and I did not see my favorite boot up tweak.  I
don't remember where I got the idea, but moving gdm/xdm/kdm from the end
of the boot process closer to the beginning does wonders.  I just
checked my Debian desktop machine and it has gdm at S99, my laptop seems
to be S18.

Things are a little bit sluggish during and right after login...  But at
least I don't have to wait so long to do something useful after booting
my laptop (which isn't so often anymore, due to software suspend).

Disabling unused services is great, as long as you still have services
left to turn off :).

Pat