Slower startup in 24.04 - don't understand 'systemd-analyze? critical-chain'

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:00:40 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On 7 October 2024 13:06:09 Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> > The boot time is now quite significantly slower than it was, the extra
> > time is between the Grub menu appearing and the GUI login display.
> 
> All Linux distros have had a major usability problem for new users, in that 
> the screen goes completely blank at one or more stages during boot. This 
> means the user has absolutely zero idea of what state the system is in, 
> sometimes for many minutes on end. The addition of a progress bar, or some 
> phrases describing what it is doing, would be a major contribution towards 
> new user acceptance.

The "stupid" idea of a "quiet" boot leads to this. *I* always remove the
"quiet" kernel option. This results in a "traditional" style of Linux/UNIX
boot: the whole log of "Starting <mumble>" messages scrolling up the screen.
If it pauses somewhere, you know exactly what it paused on. This might be
something like waiting for some other service to start or a fsck to finish or
for the local dhcp server to respond, which just means a bit of patience. Or
something might need attention, in which case, you know what it is.

I know for non-techy users, this boot up might look ominious or scary (why?). 
And I guess non-techy users don't want to see thing,

> 
> Peter
> 
> 

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