I use Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon (upgraded from 17).

I try to comprehend, why my Haswell CPU with 16GB RAM and 500GB SSD is booting longer than expected.

When I run:

systemd-analyze blame

The first two lines look suspicious:

8.080s NetworkManager-wait-online.service

1.039s lvm2-monitor.service

1. I don't use LVM that I know of, can I safely uninstall lvm2 package?
2. Why would the Network Manager need to wait for 8 seconds when connected to LAN.

Could anyone shed a light on this issue?