Smart Questions

Wrong ways of asking a question:
1. Can I ask a question ?
2. Is there anyone who can help me ?
3. Are there any "XYZ" experts / pros around ?
4. Anyone expert in "XYZ" ?
5. I am facing an issue with "XYZ"

Right way of asking a question and mentioning the details:
- Describe your problem related to XYZ in detail.
- Describe what were you doing before the problem occurred.
- Describe what steps you have done after the problem occurred.
- Mention your hardware specs / software information.
- Attach a screen shot / screen record of the problem.

More info you provide, higher are the chances of your problem getting resolved.

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#smart_question

Boot Time

Check which processes are slowing down your boot time. Enter any of these commands in terminal and post your output.
systemd-analyze time
systemd-analyze blame
systemd-analyze critical-chain
systemd-analyze plot > plot.svg

#boot_time

Linux Basics

Linux Distro = Base + Desktop Environment + Window Manager + Display Manager + Display Server

Base - The main root of the distro
Stable Base, Slowest Updates - Debian
Semi-Rolling Base - Fedora
Rolling Base, Fastest Updates - Arch

Desktop Environments = A collection of programs and utilities, customizations + Window Manager + Display Manager + Display Server
GTK3 DEs - GNOME, Cinnamon, XFCE, Mate
QT5 DEs - KDE Plasma

Window Managers - Draws and controls windows of applications
Stacking WMs - Mutter, KWin, Xfwm, Openbox
Tiling WMs - i3, bspwm
Dynamic WMs - awesome, dwm

Display Managers - The interface which allows a user to login into the system after booting process is complete.
GUI DMs - GDM, LightDM, SDDM
Console DMs - CDM, Console TDM

Display Server - Manages input and output from OS, Hardware over a GUI.
Legacy, Widely Used - X Org
Modern, Still under development - Wayland

#linux_basics