I run openSUSE 12.3 x86_64 with Dell Vostro 3450. System was upgraded from 12.2 when 12.3 was out. Everything works fine but boot time is too long, I think.
fisiu@vostro ~ $ systemd-analyze time
Startup finished in 5531ms (kernel) + 43431ms (userspace) = 48963ms
Looks like Network Manager is really bad. So, my questions are, what desktop do you use? Do you have Network Manager enabled or use ifup? You can use the following terminal command to look up networking errors for the service:
As for speed ups, in general, adding in more memory and of course, using an SSD. I have decided to use a 120 GB SSD and use Network Manager and not ifup. Other fixes are possible if we know more.
While a slow startup is a drag, you spend only a minute there and so how are things after you get up and running? For help with systemd, have a look at my bash script here:
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> Switch from ifup to network manager control should sort it
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Just an eyeball estimate, but my machine seems to pause a long time trying
to initialize the bluetooth system - which is reasonable as it doesn’t exist
during bootup. I haven’t gotten around to looking for what causes the
bluetooth stuff to be called just yet but the delay is noticable. I also
see a long delay when the wireless AP is not available but I just disable
wireless in the network manager as I use just the wired ethernet.
I use Plasma Desktop (KDE) 4.10.3 from official Update repository. As connection manager I use NetworkManager, and it even works
I followed hints from post linked by @vazhavandan and my system starts 2 times faster:)
fisiu@vostro ~ $ systemd-analyze time
Startup finished in 5435ms (kernel) + 15642ms (userspace) = 21078ms