This is no longer my experience with Windows on an SSD. I'm always a bit shocked when I reboot and I'm back at my desktop in under 30 seconds.
On a machine without an SSD, I'm annoyed at how slow everything is -- not just booting.
As far as I remember there is even a Microsoft tool that highlights startup jobs that are slow to run, isn't there?
I'd check my autoruns if I were you.
It might be worth turning off any applications that launch on login that you don't need. This now easily accessible from the task manager. It even tells you how much startup impact each app has so you can find out which ones might be causing you issues.
IMHO X11 needs to be replaced as fast as possible.
It has actually gotten to the point where it's stable enough for daily use now.
Really? What about X11 compatibility?
X11 could use some improvement, but I doubt a new system will address the core problems, which are basically the result of hardware drivers being written for Windows with Linux as an afterthought.
X11 has very little to do with any of your complaints.
Congratulations ;-)
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2956574/microsoft-subnet...
> IMHO X11 needs to be replaced as fast as possible.
Why? If you don't like X11 you can switch to Wayland right now. I am content with X11 for many years.
I have a minimal system, but it boots in 4 seconds from BIOS to ion3 (arch). It's funny when the BIOS takes longer than booting. #coreboot
30 seconds? That's still a lot of time. Debian Linux starts within 7s on a dual core 2GHz with SSD.