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> However I would have to say that `dnf` (the new `yum`) is waaay better than apt. For a start it is much much faster to install things. I don't know why apt is
by yakubin 3y ago
> However I would have to say that `dnf` (the new `yum`) is waaay better than apt. For a start it is much much faster to install things. I don't know why apt is so slow.
I (and everyone else I know of) have the opposite experience, which pretty much matches the numbers here: <https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2019-08-17-linux-package-managers-are-slow/ https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2019-08-17-linux-package...>. DNF seems to be 0.1% faster than YUM, but it’s still not competitive with other package managers.
- IshKebab 3y agoYeah it's because its metadata update is automatic and stupidly slow and he's only installing one package so that dominates. When you're installing 100 packages it's a lot faster though. But it is quite annoying - I wish the update were faster.
- dralley 3y agoThere are a couple changes coming that will help 1) zstd compressed metadata. Currently almost all repos use gzip, but zstd works better. All the software support is in place it just needs to be used, and Fedora will likely be turning out on soon. 2) dnf5 will do a better job of parallelizing metadata downloads. Currently it happens one repo at a time. 3) dnf5 will avoid downloading file lists.xml when it's not needed, which is a big help because that file tends to be the largest one Hopefully then it will be faster than apt without any asterisks
- IshKebab 3y agoThat sounds great. Why use XML in the first place though? Strange design.