too many deamons by default - F7 test 2 live cd

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Mon Mar 19 10:52:24 UTC 2007


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




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