This page is inteded to be a collection of tips howto make Ubuntu faster for the end user and what can be done to speed up Ubuntu on the development level.

= Prelink =

Ubuntu has prelink support integrated, but currently it's not enabled by default, a small howto can be found here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1971

= Init =

== Bootcharts ==

Can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootCharting

== Initng ==

Adopt Initng: http://initng.thinktux.net/
A total replacement of init, the services system. In heavy development but usable. Often requires some knowledge about services from the user, to fix eventual small issues. Has *potential* to reduce boot time by 50% or more.

== Readahead ==

Some way of reading files before they are used, at boot. Knoppix benchmarks showed that for their system, boot times were reduced significantly for clients with 512M RAM or more.

== Start gdm/kdm sooner ==

Start gdm/kdm before all services are started so it looks as if Ubuntu boots faster.

= Compilation =

== GCC Flags ==

What are the default flags?
Investigate CFLAGS="-fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines=hidden".

== Binutils Flags ==

Ubuntu is already compile with LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1".
Investigate LDFLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed".

= Kernel =

Investigate Con Kolivas kernel patches: http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/kernel/

= Filesystems =

Investigate [[Reiser4]]. Enable noatime,notail for reiserfs3.

= Packages =

== Binutils ==

Include -Bdirect patch: http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2005-10/msg00436.html

== Fontconfig ==

Fontconfig cvs has a lot of performance improvements, I don't know if they are stable though.