make applications start up faster

There is a program called preload, that loads the most used programs into memory, so when you run them they start faster. Preload is adaptive, which means you don't need to configure it. It will monitor your working habbits and choose what programs to preload into memory. Personally I prefer to have some config files or some sort of status or logging, but the program does a good job and uses very few resources, so why not let it run? Everyone likes speed.