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Ubuntu 16.04 Takes Too Long to Boot

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This issue might happen to any ubuntu versions. It happends ubuntu 16.04 is widely used. It takes around 1 minute to boot. I’m afraid I’m using a fake ubuntu, especially a fake xubuntu😂.
Here are some ways to speed up booting:

  1. Check out services that start up on booting.

$ sudo systemd-analyze blame
And the list:

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25.661s apt-daily.service
19.036s apt-daily-upgrade.service
 8.411s vmware-USBArbitrator.service
 8.395s gpu-manager.service
 8.390s ModemManager.service
 7.347s dev-sda9.device
 6.647s NetworkManager-wait-online.service
 6.459s grub-common.service
 6.122s alsa-restore.service
 5.664s NetworkManager.service
 5.459s accounts-daemon.service
 5.325s nmbd.service
 4.398s snapd.service
 4.384s teamviewerd.service
 4.186s apport.service
 4.180s systemd-logind.service
 4.010s networking.service
 3.958s lm-sensors.service
 3.926s rsyslog.service
 2.873s winbind.service
 2.816s avahi-daemon.service
 2.723s udisks2.service
 2.549s thermald.service

@ apt-daily.service
This is Debian bug #844453. apt-daily.service shouldn’t be run during boot, but only some time afterward. One workaround is edit apt-daily.timer
$ sudo systemctl edit apt-daily.timer
and paste the following text into the editor window:

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# apt-daily timer configuration override
[Timer]
OnBootSec=15min
OnUnitActiveSec=1d
AccuracySec=1h
RandomizedDelaySec=30min

This changes the “timer” that triggers apt-daily.service to run at a random time between 15 min and 45 min after boot.

Attention: My system failed to boot after doing below /etc/systemd/system.conf actions, please prepare a USB installation before doing this. If it fails, you can use live system to revert, good luck😂

And for others recommendations, I also change /etc/systemd/system.conf file. Uncomment

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#DefaultTimeoutStartSec=90s
#DefaultTimeoutStopSec=90s

and change to

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DefaultTimeoutStartSec=10s
DefaultTimeoutStopSec=10s

@ apt-daily-upgrade.service helps daily apt upgrade and clean. I don’t see I need to enable it. So I disable it by:
$ sudo systemctl disable apt-daily-upgrade.service
or you can also treat this service just like apt-daily.service by running:
$ sudo systemctl edit apt-daily-upgrade.timer and paste settings above.
@ For vmware-USBArbitrator.service I tried to disable it but failed. I disabled vmware.service and vmware-workstation-server.service

  1. If your booting is extremely slow, like several minutes. It probably has problem about disk alaising. Please refer here.

References:
[1] Stackoverflow
[2] Stackoverflow
[3] systemctl mask vs systemctl disable

Extends:
[1] systemctl 命令完全指南

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