speed up boot

skip GRUB

if livarp is the only OS on your system, you don't really need the 5 seconds waiting for booting. to skip grub, you have to edit the file /etc/default/grub:

sudo vim /etc/default/grub

then replace

GRUB_TIMEOUT=5

by

GRUB_TIMEOUT=0

save and close with ':wq' in vim then actualise GRUB with the command:

sudo update-grub

so, on next boot, grub screen will not be displayed and livarp will be loaded immediatlely.

boot-up-manager

bum is a graphical software allowing you to configure deamons to launch on startup without a terminal.
to install it:

# apt-get install bum

then launch it as root:

# bum

readahead

project comes from Fedora, package name on Debian is 'readahead-fedora'. it's main goal is to organize boot sequence to speed startup. to install it:

# apt-get install readahead-fedora

nothing more to do, the deamon will be launched on next boot.