New install LL3.0 works well but very slow to start
@mydesktop:~$ systemd-analyze blame
33.065s nmbd.service jerrys took 5 secs the rest of his was in ms
31.854s samba-ad-dc.service
11.720s ModemManager.service
9.766s NetworkManager.service
9.686s apparmor.service
9.299s NetworkManager-wait-online.service
9.208s dev-sda1.device
8.998s accounts-daemon.service
7.676s lightdm.service
5.835s polkitd.service
4.831s thermald.service
3.613s ufw.service
3.500s networking.service
2.990s gpu-manager.service
2.816s lvm2-monitor.service
2.101s systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
2.049s grub-common.service
1.726s avahi-daemon.service
1.711s upower.service
1.674s systemd-modules-load.service
As I do not use windows and this is a stand alone desktop only using LL can I dispense with samba or any others
Once up and running no problems encoutered
Cheers mike
Cool Mike, good to see people making use of SystemD

Jerry may have inadvertently left you hanging on this one. I haven't started using systemd yet, so as a precaution, I would create a restore point using Systemback first before I did. And then yes, my educated guess, like yours, would be to stop Samba or that nmdb service, which do appear to be your biggest offenders on startup.
Tweaked a few settings
mike@mydesktop:~$ systemd-analyze blame
12.655s ModemManager.service
9.702s apparmor.service
9.109s dev-sda1.device
9.035s NetworkManager.service
8.331s NetworkManager-wait-online.service
7.053s lightdm.service
5.671s accounts-daemon.service
4.134s grub-common.service
3.586s ufw.service
3.581s virtualbox-guest-utils.service
3.163s irqbalance.service
2.985s lvm2-monitor.service
2.812s polkitd.service
2.754s gpu-manager.service
2.684s ondemand.service
2.445s systemd-logind.service
2.366s console-kit-log-system-start.service
2.356s ubiquity.service
Still seems to take a long time to be available for use
Looking at jerrys systemd post which was mainly mille-seconds as against seconds on this machine
is there anything else I can address to get it back to normal boot speeds
my old LL 2.8 seemed a lot faster
I have that still on another partition but it wont boot from the LL 3.0 grub
Cheers mike
I'm tapped out on suggestions. My 2.8 systems get to the login screen in 25 seconds or less, but after logging in it can take a few more, but not a full minute. I also notice it less because I don't reboot often. While at home I suspend my laptop and desktop. When I need to leave home with my laptop, I hibernate it. Very few full starts from a power off state, and so that makes things faster for me.
But if you're experiencing reduced performance in 3.0 from 2.8 with the same hardware, I'm stumped.
LL 2.8 64 bit was booting from power onto desktop in 12 seconds.
Have just timed LL 3.0 64 bit on same hardware....14 seconds.
Not going to get worried about it.
LL 3.0 running great.
Even Google chrome seems to be behaving itself.
Jocklad
System report as asked by jerry
On not being able to boot LL 2.8, you may want to consider the Hardware -> Dual Boot - Modification/Repair procedure listed in the Linux Lite Manual.
On another note, it appears you have an NVIDIA graphics card. I cannot tell for sure what driver is being used for it. Have you looked to see if there are other options using Install Drivers? Menu -> Settings -> Install Drivers
Most of the hardware there looks good, except for the HDD. It's using 40 pin IDC interface, so you will get slower read/writes. This will impact anything that needs to access the HDD, like the init system. I'd like to see boot up with an SSD in the same pc

I could also recommend you switch to upstart on 3.0 If you're willing to try that, i can leave instructions, as long as you don't mind wiping your system.