Kubuntu with enabled prelinking

Registered by Fabi

at first i have to say its "prelink" not "preload", so when i write it wrong somethimes, you will know it :-)

since we want to have a fast system "prelink" works wonders on the KDE SC. corefeatures here are
1. faster boot up (kdm -> desktop)
2. minimize application start time
3. minimize ram usage

bad things are:
sime applications dont work with prelink and have to placklist in the /etc/prelink.conf
Thats at the moment only skype

all we have to do is install prelink by default
add a "-b /usr/bin/skype" to the ''/etc/prelink.conf''
add a file ''/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/21prelink'' with ' DPkg::Post-Invoke {"echo Running prelink, please wait...;/etc/cron.daily/prelink";} ' inside (new packages will prelinked after the installation)
change "PRELINKING=unknown" to "PRELINKING=yes" in '''/etc/default/prelink'''
add a "prelink -au" for the package_un_install routine, to revert changes from preload
____________ ↑↑↑↑ this should all happen with the prelink package

add 'KDE_IS_PRELINKED="true"' to '''/etc/environment'''
____________ ↑↑↑↑ Thats the Kubuntu part for speedup the boot

the last part is to activate it with
sudo run-parts --verbose /etc/cron.daily/

hope you do understand all that because its a really nice thing to have :)

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Status:
Complete
Approver:
Kubuntu Council
Priority:
Not
Drafter:
None
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
None
Definition:
Obsolete
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Deferred
Milestone target:
None
Completed by
Scott Kitterman

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