Boot time hasn't improved much. systemd-journal-flush.service has dropped down in the rank.
systemd-analyze blame
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stephen@stephen-HP-EliteBook-8440p ~ $ systemd-analyze blame
21.848s dev-sda1.device
20.559s nmbd.service
20.432s systemd-journal-flush.service
17.653s keyboard-setup.service
11.536s systemd-udevd.service
7.491s NetworkManager-wait-online.service
5.705s snapd.service
4.504s apparmor.service
4.464s NetworkManager.service
4.190s mintsystem.service
4.012s udisks2.service
3.760s gpu-manager.service
3.580s networkd-dispatcher.service
3.368s accounts-daemon.service
3.342s systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
2.958s ModemManager.service
1.834s snap-skype-57.mount
1.658s binfmt-support.service
1.428s avahi-daemon.service
1.354s systemd-modules-load.service
1.218s nfs-config.service
1.218s plymouth-read-write.service
1.218s console-setup.service
1.094s rsyslog.service
1.075s run-rpc_pipefs.mount
So I know for the future, what were the commands doing?
As always, thanks for taking the time out to answer my questiion.