How can I make KDE startup faster by removing core startup apps?

Question

I would like to make KDE startup faster; I noticed that there are many applications that run on boot, that maybe I don't really need. Where could I go and change that? (safely)

Answer 1

You can try to go to "System Settings" and under the "System Administration" go into "Startup and Shutdown"; here you have a certain degree of control on what should be started on boot. Be sure to navigate all of the three tabs because each one contains a different set of possible startup apps and services.

You may find this a useful read: http://userbase.kde.org/System_Settings/Startup_and_Shutdown

You can also try to go into the ~/kde/Autostart/ folder and delete the links to the applications that you don't want to start at boot.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

There are tons of posts about this topic but the developers acknowledge there is a lag in the startup process, look at this bug.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256223

My tips: use preload, disable unused services (cups, nepomuk, bluetooth), system startup is improvable but starting KDE is the elephant in the room, there is no silver bullet for this.

The best I could do is activating the automatic login in kdm and when I power on the pc it starts and doesn't stop until fully operational.

Change this in /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc

[X-:0-Core]
AutoLoginEnable=true
AutoLoginLocked=true
AutoLoginUser=YourUser