Bug 210565 - Preload last selected desktop environment
Summary: Preload last selected desktop environment
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: kdm
Classification: Miscellaneous
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Unspecified
: NOR wishlist
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Assignee: kdm bugs tracker
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Reported: 2009-10-14 16:57 UTC by Pascal d'Hermilly
Modified: 2018-04-16 20:26 UTC (History)
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Description Pascal d'Hermilly 2009-10-14 16:57:17 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.3.2)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

It would be very nice if KDM would/could preload some of the last selected desktop environment while you type in your password.
It should be possible to make a profile for the three largest desktop environments that defines which files should be cached from the disk before logging in.
If the files are already cached from the disk, the login process will be much faster. Proof: log into kde after a reboot, log out and log in again. The second login process is much faster since many of the executables are cached in RAM.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2018-04-16 20:26:50 UTC 
KDM is unmaintained and not used in KDE Plasma 5.

SDDM is the login manager used in KDE Plasma 5. If you still have this same issue with SDDM, please file an issue on the SDDM bugtracker (after doing a search for existing issues first!): https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/