14 DAY TRIAL // Patrick Wright proudly announced a few days ago, on December 7th, that Canonical's Platform QA Team have started to execute boot speed tests using the daily ISO build of the Ubuntu operating systems.
The bootchart package is used, at the moment, to collect the boot speed results, which can be viewed on the Ubuntu Boot Speed Tracking website.
At the moment, various Ubuntu releases, including Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Alpha 1, were tested on platforms like Dell Vostro 3400, Dell Mini 10, Samsung N150, Asus 1001Px, and Acer Aspire One D255.
The current tests were done using the 32-bit Desktop ISO image with auto-login enabled. For accurate statistics, the data will be collected only after the second reboot.
Bookmark the Ubuntu Boot Speed Tracking website as it will provide end users and hardware manufacturers with a running history of the boot speed of the Ubuntu operating system.
Because of these reports, the boot speed can be easily compared against several Ubuntu releases.