On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 05:15:51PM +0800, Ivy Cabeza wrote: > > hello. > > i would like to ask you guys some benchmarking utilities that will test > different linux distributions (reliability, stress test, resource > management, file management, performance, etc.)
Distributions normally do not vary too much in these parameters, provided that they use similar kernel versions, and anyhow, a kernel version is easy enough to change. The kernel affects all of those parameters you've mentioned more than any other single factor does. Other considerations include the filesystem type used by the distro when it's installed; there are now a lot of other alternative file systems available besides the venerable ext2. > > and do you know a HOW-TO site for customizing a linux distribution > installer? Do you mean creating a custom distribution based on a preexisting distro, or customizing an already installed one? To do the former is very difficult, it's almost like writing a distro completely from scratch; ask Doc Mana for his experiences doing that. To do the latter is simplicity itself. If you want to compile a new kernel, download the latest version at http://www.kernel.org/ or any of its many mirrors, and read the Kernel-HOWTO at http://www.linuxdoc.org or any of its mirrors (such as the one run by my cuz). Installing custom software and doing other on the box customizations is easy, and encouraged by the system, as Vinod Vallopollil discovered while he was writing Halloween II for Microsoft... -- Rafael R. Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 Programmer, Inter.Net Philippines +63(917) 4458925 http://dido.engr.internet.org.ph/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8 Heute die Welt und Morgen das Sonnensystem! _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
