Re: too many deamons by default - F7 test 2 live cd

[Rahul Sundaram <sundaram fedoraproject org>]

Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le Lun 19 mars 2007 11:31, Rahul Sundaram a écrit :
> > Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> > > Le Lun 19 mars 2007 10:51, Rahul Sundaram a écrit :
> > >
> > > > Extra - cpuspeed. mdmonitor, netfs, ntpd, portmap. Can't see a reason
> > > > to
> > > > enable these by default.
> > > cpuspeed, mdmonitor and ntpd are no more extra than NetworkManager
> > Yes, They are. For a desktop. A Live CD is targeted at the desktop.
> > Nothing else.
>
> Bzzt. Lots of things on the desktop require a working clock (try to unsync
> yours and watch havoc breaking loose)

Working clock is a requirement. Not ntpd. There is a difference.

, cpuspeed is a requirement on
> laptops and nice-to-have on every recent desktop system (a hot mobo is a
> loud mobo, people like hearing their ogg files too)

They are not required to be enabled on every system. Only on laptops.

, and killing mdadm
> removes access to parts of the disks (md is used on desktops, and live cds
> are used on systems with a linux version on disc)

Remember that Live CD dont support upgrades. You can only target first 
time user's with them as of now.

Rahul