[Fedora-livecd-list] missing filetypes for 2 files on LiveCD

[Tim Wood]

+1

FWIW, some LiveCDs have an index.htm or index.html file in the root  
of the cdrom that holds the readme and links to an html version of  
the GPL, etc.  Going off memory, there's an autorun dot something  
file in the root of many windows cds that is used to automatically  
open such creatures when they're inserted in a windows box.  Knoppix  
uses this to give info about the cd, links to the project and give a  
soft sell on the product.  Pretty cool, low effort promotional tactic  
IMHO.  I believe there's something similar for OS X, and (if anyone  
decides to take this approach), I've got a MacBook Pro, so I could  
dig up and test the comparable widgit for that OS.  Heck... I could  
do the same thing with XP...

Tim


On Oct 15, 2007, at 6:30 AM, Nelson Strother wrote:

>   As of f8t3, the files GPL and README have no filetype extension.
> For unlucky users on non-Linux operating systems where files with no
> filetype have been configured to be swallowed by e.g. a database
> program, or a game as a saved level, this could lead to puzzling
> results.  For the lucky users, attempting to read either of these
> files is likely to bring up an "open with ..." dialog where they
> select which program should attempt to interpret these files.  For the
> non-technical users who may be most likely to need to read some of
> this information, such a choice may be overwhelming.
>
>   Would not these be better as:
>     GPL.txt
>     README.html
> It should be a rather safe assumption that some web browser is
> available on any system new enough to have a CD drive.  Converting
> back to html for a <hr> and the couple of internal hyperlinks will be
> far more portable than the current wiki gibberish.
>
>   Might this have already been fixed in the 20071011 LiveCD:
>
>   https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2007-October/ 
> msg00561.html
>
> or should I repeat these observations in bugzilla?
>
> Cheers,
> Nelson