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diff --git a/docs/comparisons b/docs/comparisons deleted file mode 100644 index f399a9e84..000000000 --- a/docs/comparisons +++ /dev/null @@ -1,288 +0,0 @@ -redhat 6.1 (fr?), install 766MB, df 900MB, 35min (asked for all groups except "everything") - -upgrade to redhat 6.2, sum 757MB, df 936MB, 20min - -mandrake 7.1, install 755MB, df 1091MB, 17min (asked install size 910MB), 515 packages - -upgrade to cooker, sum 1000MB, df 1404MB, 35min - - -redhat 7.0b, install 815MB, df 960MB, 18min -redhat 7.0, install 995MB, df MB, 26min - -7.2b, 3.3GB 2h26 - - -7.2b: (lang fr) -compssLevel df rpm time fs df/time - -100 64 59 0:59 ext2 500M 1.08 - 90 132 127 1:50 ext2 500M 1.20 - 80 226 218 3:26 ext2 500M 1.10 - 70 449 387 5:52 ext2 1G 1.28 - 60 614 541 8:36 ext2 1G 1.19 - 50 1113 943 17:40 ext2 2G 1.05 - 40 1193 1013 20:39 ext2 2G 0.96 - 30 1262 1072 22:28 ext2 2G 0.94 - 20 1445 1219 27:34 ext2 2G 0.87 - 10 1649 1394 36:58 ext2 2G 0.74 - 0 1943 1638 48:02 ext2 2G 0.67 --10 2957 2519 101:49 ext2 4G 0.48 - -7.2b: (lang all) -compssLevel df rpm time fs df/time - -100 70 59 1:04 ext2 500M 1.09 - 90 289 281 4:20 ext2 500M 1.11 - 80 373 361 5:41 ext2 500M 1.09 - 70 890 794 13:28 ext2 1G 1.10 - - -mem used 7.2cooker -gtk: runinstall2 13608(data 9572) + FBDev 2984(data 1544) -newt: runinstall2 9516(data 7528) -stdio: runinstall2 9160(data 7372) - -8.0rc1: (lang fr) - -rpmsrate - -4 () 175 139 3:25 reiserfs 2G 0.85 -4 all 831 786 18:08 reiserfs 2G 0.76 - -8.1b - -5 () 77 66 1:24 ext2 300M - -8.1pre_rc1 rpm df time/rpm rpm/df - -6 () 82 66 1:26 ext2 500M 1.05 1.24 -5 () 89 71 1:38 ext2 500M 1.10 1.25 -3 () 94 77 1:46 ext2 500M 1.13 1.22 -5 X 145 127 2:09 ext2 500M 0.89 1.14 -3 X 231 217 3:26 ext2 500M 0.89 1.06 -4 kde 393 316 4:31 ext2 2G 0.69 1.24 -4 kde 393 316 4:41 ext2 2G 0.72 1.24 -4 kde 393 316 4:43 ext2 4G 0.72 1.24 -5 all 367 337 5:02 ext2 500M 0.82 1.09 -4 kde+gnome 454 370 5:50 ext2 4G 0.77 1.23 -4 kde+gnome 454 370 6:10 ext2 4G 0.81 1.23 -4 kde+gnome 454 370 6:24 ext2 4G 0.85 1.23 -5 all 489 406 5:55 ext2 4G 0.73 1.20 -5 all 490 406 5:18 ext2 1G 0.65 1.21 -4 kd+gn+dsk 594 494 7:31 ext2 4G 0.76 1.20 -4 prev+dev 827 696 10:27 ext2 4G 0.76 1.19 -4 all 1100 988 19:34 ext2 1G 1.07 1.11 -3 all 1640 1331 31:33 ext2 2G 1.15 1.23 -3 all 1740 1434 39:38 ext2 4G 1.37 1.21 -2 all 2252 1843 54:40 ext2 4G 1.46 1.22 --1 all 2490 2048 61:02 ext2 4G 1.47 1.22 - -# perl -alpe '$F[4] =~ /(.*):(.*)/; $r = ($1 * 60 + $2) / $F[2]; s|\S+(\s+\S+)\s*$|sprintf("%.2f", $r) . "$1"|e;' -# perl -ape '$r = $F[2] / $F[3]; s|\S+\s*$|sprintf "%.2f\n", $r|e;' - -9.0beta1 - -5 () 89 71 1:35 ext2 500M -3 X 240 231 3:41 ext2 500M -5 all 306 293 3:36 ext2 500M -4 all 808 731 6:48 ext2 1G -4 all 1433 1331 21:44 ext2 2G -4 X+kde 822 749 6:05 ext2 2G -4 X+gnome 369 319 5:58 ext2 2G - - -redhat 7.3: -- do not halt the box when "halt" is used -- no sysreq -- kdm has gnome entry whereas gnome is not installed - => choosing gnome gives a flashing black screen and kdm reruns - -- repartition of packages on various CDs is crap - -- bootloader: handling of multiple disks is more powerful in redhat, but more -dangerous (proposed to everyone, but not proposed especially to people having -a dangerous combinaison) -- why still asking about lba32!! - -* anaconda 7.3 vs 7.3.92 - - skipddc option (locks some machines) ?? - maybe because it's done at the beginning of their install? - - - LVM - - lvm_dialog_gui.py - - Physical Extent 1MB 2MB 4MB ... 16GB - (vgcreate -s ${PhysicalExtentSize}k) - - see lvm_sanity_checks.txt, take them - - lvm on / (mkinitrd) - - handle upgrade when lvm on / - - vgcreate -An (ie --autobackup no) ?? - (also for lvcreate vgchange lvremove - - see clampPVSize in lvm.py - - - RAID - - Number of spares ?? - - mkraid --dangerous-no-resync ?? - - - progress bar in ext2 formatting - - - ctrl-alt-suppr during install => reboots - - - user names: the regexp is [a-zA-Z][^\0-\x20:,\n]* or [A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]{0,7} (depending on wether you're in text mode or graphic mode :) - - check the user name created is not a system one (see systemUsers) - - - SMB authentification - - cloneDrive ? - - - edd dropped (was to detect lba32 capability, which was dumb) - - - reconfig type of installed removed (was something between install & upgrade) - - - ddcprobe code removed -> moved to kudzu - changes: sigprocmask and movl added around lrmi_vm86 - - - $ENV{GDK_USE_XFT} = 0 - -* kudzu 0.99.52 vs 0.99.55 - - blacklisting modules.pcimap e100 and bcm5700 - -* hwdata 0.14 vs 0.32 - - dropped XFree86 3.3.6 support - - - upgradelist: list of (old_module => new_module) for upgrades - (a simpler way would be to drop entries in modules.conf that concern - obsolete (and not available anymore) modules, relying on auto-detection to - add the new one) - - - CardMonitorCombos (for laptops) - -redhat 8.0: - - (legend: + pros - cons / notice) - - Install steps difference - + firewall wizard - + md5sum check when booting install - - no upgrade packages installation during install - - no services configuration (chkconfig) - - no printer configuration - - no autologin - - no real small installation - - no small packages (groff-for-man, perl-base...) - / still propose non-MD5 or non-shadow passwords - / post install tool (firstconfig) - - General install behaviour, eye-candiness - + package selection a la Windows - + in language selection languages displayed in native language - + candy timezone selection - + help uses bold/italic/big-font - - no one CD install - / not using fb at install - / python + gtk2 vs perl + gtk - / ask many things before doing anything (esp. delayed partitioning, swap not available when selecting packages!(?)) - - more width-hard-coded dialog boxes (harder for translations) - / use a loopback file from the CD then copied on system - - Partitioning - - no diskdruid after install - - no partitioning wizard - - no devfs - - no xfs (but now has reiserfs/jfs) - - no loopback crypted fs - - no file swap (?) - - no supermount - + LABELed entries in fstab - + progress bar while formatting - - Bootloader - + bootloader configuration less awkward - - no automatic handling of bios ordering with many harddrives - - propose to manually change bios ordering even with one harddrive - - LBA32 checkbox - / defaults to grub - - Network - - awkward question apropos hostname when using DHCP - - no default choice for netmask/gateway/DNS based on IP - - XFree - - no wacom configuration - - no graphic card multi-head configuration - - no ATI tvout configuration - - no prompt for logout after changing X config - - VideoRam prompted for everybody - / no XFree3 - / no Utah GLX - / load module "fbdevhw" "record", but not "v4l" - / always load module "glx" and "dri" - - Keyboard - - many non useful keyboard entries (eg: latin0) - - no way to choose the toggle key to choose between latin/non-latin keyboard - - no loadkeys done during install for console - - Mouse - - no way to test mouse choice - - mouse choices include many non-useful choices, badly sorted - (Intellimouse must be sought in Microsoft whereas it's used by many others) - - Multimedia - - no bttv configuration (including webcams) - - missing audio modules (alsa, audigy...) - -* anaconda 8.0 (rel. 4) vs 8.0.92 - - use vte instead of gnome.zvt - - add alpha (axp) partitioning code - - remove label "nofb" and options "devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216" from syslinux.cfg - - edd (ddc probe) moved to kudzu - - add "-Odir_index" option to ext3 tunefs - - screenshoting in directory /root/anaconda-screenshots/ instead of using exported display - - assembler code change in cpuid, smp.c - - there is some code to read the "raid superblock" (see doGetRaidSuperblock in isys/isys.c) - - new code for choosing to upgrade or not - - hack to remove /var/lib/rpm/__db.00[123] (with comment "make sure that the rpmdb doesn't have stale locks :/") - -* anaconda 8.0.92 vs 8.0.93 (rel. 0.20030108205243) - - drop xmode (bring up text mode in a remote xterm) - - code available to check the ability to do a mkbootdisk - (check size of vmlinuz + initrd, check size of floppy) - - drop "-Odir_index" option to ext3 tunefs - (with comment "add back -Odir_index when htree is safe") - - waitForLink added to loader2/net.c using added ethtool thingy (get_ethtool_link_status, get_link_status) - - OS390 fdasd & z/IPL changes - - for kickstart, new option "--ignoremissing", (there were --ignoredeps and --resolvedeps) - - /usr/kerberos/lib in LD_LIBRARY_PATH - - these are symlinks so you cant make them mount points - otherexcept = ['/var/mail', '/usr/bin/X11', '/usr/lib/X11', '/usr/tmp'] - - elif self.mountpoint in otherexcept: - return _("The mount point %s cannot be used. It must " - "be a symbolic link for proper system " - "operation. Please select a different " - "mount point.") % (self.mountpoint,) - - -* hwdata 0.47 (redhat 8.0) vs 0.62 (redhat 8.1 beta1 phoebe) - - pcitable & upgradelist - - replace eepro100 with e100 - - switch 0x1106 0x3059 "via82cxxx_audio" to "unknown" - - Cards - - remove most swcursor with comment: - # mharris - Nov 23, 2002 - Commented out the swcursor option, if it is still - # needed, then lets disable it right in the driver completely, or possibly - # fix it. - - using driver "nv" for GeForce4 and Quadro4 with comment: - # mharris - Nov 23, 2002 - enabling "nv" driver for GeForce 4 and Quadro 4 as - # CVS XFree86 support them now in 4.2.99.2 - - special options "externDisp" and "internDisp" for NeoMagic cards - together with CHIPSET - -* kudzu 0.99.69 (redhat 8.0) vs 0.99.83 (redhat 8.1 beta1 phoebe) - - don't read eepro100 entries from the pcitable - - handle compressed modules - - many changes in PS/2 mouse detection, and handle "intellips/2" mouse - - changes in PnP serial modem detection - - use "udf,iso9660" option for cdrom entry in fstab - (note that comma separated choice of filesystems *is* allowed, though not - documented in fstab(5)) |