Fstab alteration to speed boot

In my /etc/fstab file, I put:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=2745-104C	/boot/efi	vfat	umask=0022,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,noatime	0	1
/boot/efi/grub	/boot/grub	none	noatime,bind	0	0
UUID=6d1b0ab8-273e-4fe7-93b0-90f74d7154d1	none	swap	noatime	0	0
UUID=50b12da3-a64d-4bea-89e4-44f24f69e1de	none	swap	noatime	0	0

Note the noatime option. Just as disabling atime via ZFS increases data throughput for ZFS-owned devices by not having to write file access time each time a file is accessed, so too does it work for the non-ZFS partitions.

Boot is snappier, the desktop pops up quicker.

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