3x faster linux boot with e4rat
It's an interesting project. I wish we had it 5+ years ago when it mattered.<p>The only place I'd use a spinning disk as my primary drive is on a server and that's something you rarely boot. If you're not using an SSD skip a month of Starbucks and buy one. Disk IO is far and away the biggest bottleneck for most users. An SSD will increase your productivity profoundly.