[NOOB] Can you help me strip down MATE?

[rohithmadhavan]

@Flaren GRUB is not present on the Raspberry Pi 2, which is why you couldn't find it

You can boot to the terminal with the following commands -

@AceFace

systemctl set-default multi-user.target --force
systemctl disable lightdm.service --force
systemctl disable graphical.target --force
systemctl disable plymouth.service --force

Replace disable with enable if you wish to boot to desktop again.

You may overclock the Raspberry Pi 2 to increase performance.