For the impact, compare
http://people.canonical.com/~pitti/bootcharts/daniel-lucid-20100212-1.png
with
http://people.canonical.com/~pitti/bootcharts/daniel-lucid-20100212-1-no-rsyslog-dd.png
where the desktop starts 0.7 s earlier.
For the impact, compare
http:// people. canonical. com/~pitti/ bootcharts/ daniel- lucid-20100212- 1.png
with
http:// people. canonical. com/~pitti/ bootcharts/ daniel- lucid-20100212- 1-no-rsyslog- dd.png
where the desktop starts 0.7 s earlier.