I still need Windows for one piece of software that I use occasionally. So, since I've moved to Ubuntu, I've been using VMware for this (as it was the only solution at that time).

My VMware stopped working under Hardy. Luckily, I never needed my Windows-App for half a year. In Intrepid, I was able to just install vmware from their webpage and it restored my windows session from a year ago. Probably a record-breaking uptime for windows...

So, yesterday I played around with bootchart and found out, that the VMware-services took 4 precious seconds of my (and my battery's) lifetime on every boot. Not really worth it, as I'm unlikely to use my Windows-App anytime soon. So, here's what I did:

remove the links in /etc/rc*.d/*vmware

as the first command in /usr/bin/vmplayer add:

gksu -D "Need root priviledges to start vmware services." /etc/init.d/vmware restart

Works like a charm.