What is the proper way to update system to the latest release

[leszek]

So the delay seems to come from the samba package. If you don't need a samba server just remove the samba to get rid of this delay.

When it comes to plymouth what does

Code:

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth

show you? Can you choose the plymouth theme from there? If yes please don't forget to rebuild the initrd with

Code:

sudo update-initramfs -u

so that the plymouth splash also shows at boot.

Hope that helps