<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> One of the things that slows my RH9 startup is the fact that I have a SysV script to connect and set up my ADSL connection, which sometimes takes about 20 seconds or so. Then after that I have my iptables and dhcp startup scripts kicking in as well. Still though, I'd say less than a minute to boot up - on an Athlon 2600+ with 256Megs. My $0.02. - Manik Robert Marcano wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid1071060301.4732.6.camel@pcrobert.intranet.promca.com"> <pre wrap="">On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 06:31, Emmanuel Seyman wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:51:31AM +0200, Alexey Eremenko wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> 1) Passwords: Linux MUST have an ability to work without passwords for those who desire it. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Agreed. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> I want to work ALWAYS as a root. (like a do in Windows XP as Administrator by default) </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">No way, no how. Set up gpm and and pam to autologin as a user who has the ability to run certain tasks as root (yum, rpm and xcdroast being the only ones I would need but YMMV). </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Believe me, there are other ways to be the same reliability and security, without the annoying passwords. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">I've got to ask: how exactly? </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> 2)Networks: FC1 Linux has no easy networking. I couldn't even check my IP address, whithout the console command "ifconfig". It's very bad. It must be as easy as in Windows XP. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Agreed. I'm actually surprised that redhat-config-network doesn't show you the IP address a specific interface is using, even in its simplified mode. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Another problem I came across, is that there is no comfortable way to turn Internet Connection Sharing on (IP Masquerade in Linux). In order to do so, I had to read a ton of documentation about ipchains, iptables, ip whatever, and still it doesn't work. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Agreed. I simply install shorewall which allows you to set this up in a few minutes but the simplifying of redhat-config-firewall to the point where it's simply an on/off switch is a Bad Thing, IMHO. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> 3)Boot: FC1 boot times are significantly longer than in Windows XP, however except few optimizations nothing could be done here. (or am I wrong). </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Boot time is being worked on but a two minutes boot time is suspect. Have you activated any services to start on boot? Has the boot time always been this slow? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Maybe he is using an ISP that uses DHCP for configuration, so, you must wait for each service to start one after another, there is no solution yet for parallel services startup, but there are people working on that </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Emmanuel </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre cols="72" class="moz-signature">-- Manik Surtani Conchango 'Innovative Change in Business' T 44 (0) 1784 222 222 D 44 (0) 1784 221 829 M 44 (0) 7786 702 706 E <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:manik.surtani@conchango.com">manik.surtani@conchango.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.conchango.com">www.conchango.com</a> No.1 New Media Age - Top 100 Interactive Agencies 2002 No.4 Marketing - Top 100 New Media Agencies 2002 </pre> _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com </body> </html>