On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 19:02, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2020-04-18 at 15:33 -0500, David wrote: > > There is a poster on Reddit criticizing dnf as being too slow. > > > > I do not use Reddit. > > > > But here is my question. > > > > The terminal emulator is running in wayland. Right ? > > > > So is it fair to compare that to a distro or DE not using wayland ? > > > > Obviously, I have no clue what I am talking about. > > > > Also, if dnf speed is important to you, should you not reduce unnecessary > > processes or do it in the tty ? > > I seriously doubt that the effect of the terminal emulator on dnf speed > is even measurable. The whole thing is dominated by network I/O and > local processing of package files. > > poc > I also use Ubuntu and Debian distros. The "apt" tool is quite a bit faster than "dnf" on the same hardware, and they have aptitude, a text-mode front-end that is fast and gives quick access to package descriptions and can download change logs with a single keypress. -- George N. White III
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