Hey everyone! I've noticed that my Fedora system takes about a minute to boot, while my Windows setup on the same drive boots in just 15 seconds. I'm not really an expert in fixing boot issues, but I've checked the systemd-analyze output. Here's a breakdown of my boot times:
- Startup completed in 8.724s (firmware) + 2.989s (loader) + 945ms (kernel) + 3.407s (initrd) + 37.809s (userspace) = 53.877s total.
- Graphical target reached after 37.784s in userspace.
The notable delays seem to come from services like akmods.service (24.765s) and plocate-updatedb.service (16.442s). I'm using an Nvidia GPU with an Intel integrated GPU (Nvidia is set as the priority), so I'm wondering if the drivers could be causing the slow boot. Any tips on how I can improve this?
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Honestly, it sounds like Windows is using a sort of hybrid hibernation, which loads things into RAM to speed up boot time. If you're curious, there are similar options on Linux, especially if you have enough RAM, but I understand if you haven't looked into it yet. Still, the difference in boot times can be quite noticeable!
Exactly! Windows does save the RAM contents to disk, which helps, but even without Fast Boot, it tends to start faster. Just a thought—does that extra boot time really matter to you? Or is a thorough system check at startup more valuable?