Feature Set Docs

[Jason C. Wells]

I am trying to find a document that lists the features of lenny.  I see
some "new features" but not a total list.  For example, what network
protocols, file systems, encryption, and hardware support are
available.  The Debian release notes are sparse in this respect.

Thanks,
Jason


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[Andrei Popescu-3]

On Sun,05.Oct.08, 12:05:18, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> I am trying to find a document that lists the features of lenny.  I see
> some "new features" but not a total list.  For example, what network
> protocols, file systems, encryption, and hardware support are available.  
> The Debian release notes are sparse in this respect.

File systems and hardware support are actually provided by the kernel.  
"Encryption" is a bit vague and network protocols... a lot of them. What
exactly are you looking for?

Regards,
Andrei
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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

[Jason C. Wells]

Andrei Popescu wrote:

> On Sun,05.Oct.08, 12:05:18, Jason C. Wells wrote:
>  
>> I am trying to find a document that lists the features of lenny.  I see
>> some "new features" but not a total list.  For example, what network
>> protocols, file systems, encryption, and hardware support are available.  
>> The Debian release notes are sparse in this respect.
>>    
>
> File systems and hardware support are actually provided by the kernel.  
> "Encryption" is a bit vague and network protocols... a lot of them. What
> exactly are you looking for?
>  

I'm looking for the docs for the purpose of understanding support for
UFS/UFS2, IPV6, OpenBSD PF, ipfw, ipchains or other firewall, NFS
version, and my AC97 sound chip.  I found a variety of blog-type
comments on these things but I was hoping for something @debian.org
which I would presume would be more authoritative.

I am coming the the understanding that each of the packages that
comprises a debian release is documented independently.  It seems that
the bulk of debian documentation is 1) installation and 2) package
management.  It also seems like the next best place to find
documentation is TLDP.

Thanks,
Jason


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[Andrei Popescu-3]

On Sun,05.Oct.08, 19:34:01, Jason C. Wells wrote:
>> File systems and hardware support are actually provided by the
>> kernel.  "Encryption" is a bit vague and network protocols... a lot
>> of them. What exactly are you looking for?
>>  
> I'm looking for the docs for the purpose of understanding support for
> UFS/UFS2, IPV6, OpenBSD PF, ipfw, ipchains or other firewall, NFS version,
> and my AC97 sound chip.  I found a variety of blog-type comments on these
> things but I was hoping for something @debian.org which I would presume
> would be more authoritative.

UFS/UFS2: I see the ufsutils and libufs2 packages and there is also an
ufs kernel module, so I assume there is at least some level of support,
but they are only present in unstable, so I don't know if they'll be
part of the next release.

IPv6: should be supported out of the box

firewall: Debian GNU/Linux uses the built-in capabilities of the kernel
(netfilter). Iptables is used for configuring it, but many prefer to use
some kind of wrapper (ex. shorewall).

NFS: the nfs-kernel-server package is version 1.0.10 in etch and lenny
will probably ship with 1.1.2. The version in lenny claims to support
NFSv3 and NFSv4. The version in etch doesn't have this information in
the package description, I would try the README.Debian file.

AC97 sound chip: Linux has decent support for a lot of chips, but it's
impossible to tell without chipset manufacturer/brand/version and so.

In the end the best way to test would be to boot with a Debian Live
image.

> I am coming the the understanding that each of the packages that comprises
> a debian release is documented independently.  It seems that the bulk of
> debian documentation is 1) installation and 2) package management.  It also
> seems like the next best place to find documentation is TLDP.

Package specific documentation is either found in the package itself or
in a package named <packagename>-doc, if the size is significant enough
to warrant the split. In general the README.Debian file in
/usr/share/doc/<packagename>/ should be the first to check. A lot of
Debian specific documentation can be found in the wiki, where the Debian
Reference would be a good start.

Regards,
Andrei
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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

[Jason C. Wells]

Jason C. Wells wrote:
> Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> Package specific documentation is either found in the package itself
>> or in a package named <packagename>-doc, if the size is significant
>> enough to warrant the split. In general the README.Debian file in
>> /usr/share/doc/<packagename>/ should be the first to check. A lot of
>> Debian specific documentation can be found in the wiki, where the
>> Debian Reference would be a good start.
>>  
>
Sweet.  That's just what the doctor ordered.

Later,
Jason



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[Chris Bannister-4]

On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 07:34:01PM -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> I am coming the the understanding that each of the packages that  
> comprises a debian release is documented independently.  It seems that  
> the bulk of debian documentation is 1) installation and 2) package  
> management.  It also seems like the next best place to find  
> documentation is TLDP.

You wouldn't expect a tractor manual to have a section on crop growing,
would you?

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[Jason C. Wells]

Chris Bannister wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 07:34:01PM -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote:
>  
>> I am coming the the understanding that each of the packages that  
>> comprises a debian release is documented independently.  It seems that  
>> the bulk of debian documentation is 1) installation and 2) package  
>> management.  It also seems like the next best place to find  
>> documentation is TLDP.
>>    
>
> You wouldn't expect a tractor manual to have a section on crop growing,
> would you?
>
>  

At first I was looking for a farming manual that explained everything.  
(Much like the one that FreeBSD provides.)  I learned that tractors and
crop growing are documented seperately.  That's fine and that's what I
began to understand above.

I would expect the tractor manual to exist.  I would expect the crop
growing manual to exist.  If I didn't know where to find them, it would
be nice to be able to ask somebody for help.  I did that and got the
help I was seeking.

All is well.

Regards,
Jason


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