Disable NTP sync during USplash in Ubuntu Linux
NTP sometimes greatly slows down your Ubuntu’s boot time. To disable it just do a simple
sudo apt-get remove ntpdate
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doing this will also remove ubuntu-minimal in ubuntu linux
No problem. Let it remove the ubuntu-minimal package. It’s only a dummy package.
What does NTP sync do? How will removing it affect my system? I know I can just google it but it seems that this sort of information should be included to save me the trouble.
@Ninja Pirate: NTP is an acronym for Network Time Protocol. All it does is sync your system’s clock with online servers.