Comment 23 for bug 1339048

Use SSD as they are not that expensive now. Use xfce desktop and Compton.
These combination is fast.
Cinnamon cannot beat this.

Cinnamon may look better but lagging and slow response.
On Aug 22, 2015 5:35 AM, "James L. Parmenter" <email address hidden> wrote:

> I'm running Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon on a Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H mobo, 8GB
> Memory, 2-500GB HDD's, 1-cd/dvd combo read/write optical drive,
> LAN-ethernet, Gigabyte/AMD-7750 Graphics card.
> My Boot up time and my Re-boot time are both 1 minute 45 seconds and
> this is annoying.... any suggestion...?
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> Title:
> Mint 17 cinnamon login slow
>
> Status in Linux Mint:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> 1. Mint 17
> 2. Login from mdm using html theme.
> 3. Login takes 7 seconds with no application loaded.
> 4. Login should take about 3 seconds.
> 5. always happens
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