47.52 sec. power button to lights on. Not a record breaker but as a reference to others, just a plain old second had laptop makes a great light controller.
And it also does everything else, nothing striped down from standard install, except a few un-needed apps and services.
FTR i'm really liking Mint disro's.
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.3
DISTRIB_CODENAME=rosa
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="14.04.3 LTS, Trusty Tahr"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS"
VERSION_ID="14.04"
System:
Host: Kernel: 3.19.0-32-generic x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop: Cinnamon 2.8.8 Distro: Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
Toshiba Satellite Laptop C655D-S5133
CPU: AMD E-240 Processor 1.5Ghz
AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics chipset
Mem:2GB DDR3
MemTotal: 7763588 kB
Drives:120GB Corsair Force 3 SSD
major minor #blocks name
8 0 117220824 sda
8 1 109250560 sda1
8 2 1 sda2
8 5 7967744 sda5
11 0 1048575 sr0