From: Monsieur@notreal.invalid   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:30:41 +0100, Monsieur wrote:   
   >   
   >> I've been using my new Dell Optiplex mini-pc for a few months now,   
   >> and it works fine, but when (re)booting Mint the pc takes about 2   
   >> minutes to go through these messages:   
   >>   
   >> https://i.postimg.cc/c135HzPM/boot.png   
   >   
   > But the timestamps on those messages are about 50 minutes *after* the   
   > kernel has started. Presumably your system doesn’t take that long to   
   > boot? In which case these messages have nothing to do with your   
   > booting process, slow or otherwise.   
      
   That's probably when I rebooted...   
      
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