Another Linux newb asking for help

[PJemus]

I have an HTPC that I am building that refuses to boot windows (bsod and crashing). It runs fine on Ubuntu. I set up ubuntu with one HDD, but I have 2 identical ones and wanted to set up RAID 0. I found out you have to run the server version to do that, so I installed ubuntu server and set up RAID 0.

Although it runs noticeably faster than Ubuntu desktop when booted up, all the extra crap that Server includes means that booting up takes a lot longer. Is there a way I can install server in a way that it is minimal like the minimal install of Ubuntu desktop, or a way to mass-disable whatever server stuff is slowing down boot?

[WereCatf]

You can disable any services you don't want with the following as root:

systemctl disable yourservicehere

Or you could just uninstall them.

[PJemus]

23 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

You can disable any services you don't want with the following as root:

systemctl disable yourservicehere

Or you could just uninstall them.

I don't know what services are needed and not needed.

[Sauron]

On 7/4/2018 at 6:15 PM, PJemus said:

I don't know what services are needed and not needed.

run this:

systemd-analyze blame

it should tell you what's taking the longest during boot and from that we can determine if that service is worth disableing or if it's necessary for your raid array to work.