Improve performance in Ubuntu Karmic Koala

I’m always interested in making my Ubuntu work even faster (who isn’t?). In my search on the internet, I stumbled across the Ubuntu Boot packages. These packages were developed for the sole purpose to aid in boot performance work, and packages proposed to improve performance.

Note: install these package at your own risk, they may cause your system to become unstable or even break.

First, add the respository. Open up a terminal, and type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-boot/ppa

Then, you need to update your apt-get, and your system:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

The update will install a new version of ureadahead, a tool that will improve your boot time. It’s possible that you need to boot a couple of times to see real difference, since ureadahead needs to build up its configuration to increase boot speed.