Lately, booting Ubuntu on my desktop has become seriously slow. We’re talking two minutes. It used to take 10-20 seconds. Because of plymouth, I can’t see what’s going on. I would like to deactivate it, but not really uninstall it. What’s the quickest way to do that? I’m using Precise, but I suspect a solution for 11.10 would work just as well.

Source: How do deactivate plymouth boot screen? – Ask Ubuntu