[ale] Slow Ubuntu desktop login

[Leam Hall]

Okay, yeah, a 2 core Dell 960 is assumed to be slow. However, this one
seems really slow. Running Gnome/Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, mostly vanilla
desktop install.

I can hit "escape" on boot and get it to show the process
initialization. After that, it blanks out. About 30 seconds later I
see a mouse cursor, and then at about 45 seconds the window login
screen appears.

Is there a way to see what it's doing? Or is that expected from Gnome
on a 2 core box?

Leam

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