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That's funny cuz my Linux boot up is so fast that multiple coworkers and even my girlfriend have commented on how much faster it is than their windows installs.

Linux is blazing fast when configured properly. But in reality we're talking about 2-3 seconds of difference here. How long a machine takes to POST is usually the biggest part of bootup nowadays.



Love the AM5 memory training two minute POSTs that make you think you didn’t assemble it correctly!


Out of the box ubuntu server boots super slowly, and with terrible defaults, like if a NIC is connected but not configured it will hang on boot.


I have observed that; why is time to POST so high? Does anyone know?




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