Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Speed of boot with LTSP5

[Anthony M S. <a.s...@sb...>]

On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 08:45 -0600, Scott Balneaves wrote:
> Anthony M Simonelli wrote:
> 
> > My question is, where has the drop in speed at boot come from?  Has
> > anyone experienced anything similar?
> 
> LTSP 4.2 was a highly customized boot process, specifically tailored to a 
> thin-client environment.  Pared down rc scripts that executed things in the 
> most efficient order, didn't call external programs like awk or sed, but did 
> everything with shell tricks, etc.
> 
> LTSP5's a different, and evolving beast.  We're using the distro packages now, 
> which may or may not be as optimized as the 4.2 custom ones.  Ubuntu has shown 
> a great lead in modifying some of their packages to work better in a 
> thin-client environment, and now Debian, Fedora and Gentoo are all working on 
> LTSP5 spec environments.
> 
> Given time, the packages that get used in both thick and thin client 
> environments in distros will see some optimization, and boot times will drop.
> 
> In the mean time, actual performance AFTER the boot are pretty much the same, 
> so that's a good thing.
> 
> Scott
> 

I have to agree that I do NOT see a drop in performance once the user is
logged in; it is virtually the same.  I figured that the packages from
LTSP must be optimized in some way, and that's what I was trying to
explain to my boss.  I personally don't have a problem with a minute and
a half boot because once I sign on I'm ready to go.  Sure the Windows
boxes at our workplace will boot in thirty seconds, but after you sign
in and all of the start-up programs and anti-virus run, you have to wait
another thirty seconds before you can do anything!