Okay, so I've talked a bit about how I love the Mini with Ubuntu. In the "full transparency" mode, I'll tell you where I don't think things have changed much.
Shutdowns, and reboots are comparable, and quite frankly unless I have to do them often I really don't care. I suspend or hibernate almost exclusively. To the point that I'm not even shutting down and restarting now to experiment. So there. Besides, I didn't time Windows XP. I believe Ubuntu boot times are a bit shorter than the XP boot times. Hows that for your objective scientific method?
Suspends are faster in Ubuntu. 9 seconds to suspend (though I really don't care about that other than as wasted battery life) and 6 seconds to login when restoring. Much better performance the XP. And don't get me started on Vista's phantom wakeups from suspends that result in low battery hibernations that don't complete properly. Meh.
Hibernates take 64 seconds to shutdown, 42 seconds to restart. I fundamentally think that is driven by the memory and architecture of the Mini vice any real difference in the operating systems.
I tailor my power preferences to hibernate when I'm closing the lid (I'm going outside the house so go to lowest power state to stay at max charge), and to suspend with the power button (in home, probably are hooked to charger or have access to it so fast response is more important).
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