Like other distributions, OpenSuse has a group of people working at a faster boot system. Atm there is no discussion about a new init system but about improvements on all fronts: kernel, init scripts, unnecessary system calls, etc.

The main aim of the Boot Time group is a bit flamboyant: to boot in 5 seconds from “grub screen until gdm loads”. At the moment this seems to be more of

a motivation than a real aim. Also, there is not much code available yet. The team is focusing on discussion and data collection. You can find scripts for better bootchart diagnostics for example. The idea is to have a system where you don’t have to reboot but can restart your init system. I wonder why they do not simply test their scripts in a virtual machine?

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