Fedora Firstboot Enhancements

[Kyrre Ness Sjobak]

søn, 21.11.2004 kl. 03.53 skrev Michael A. Peters:
> On 11/20/2004 04:12:20 PM, joelbryan wrote:
> > Here are the list I believe should be asked in Firstboot.
> > 
> > 1. Printers & Scanners
> > 2. Network ISP's for PPPoe (DSL, Broadband)
> > 3. Up2Date Software Updates
> > 4. Login Preferences (Facebrowser, Network Login)
> 
> My opinions
> 
> Printers and Scanners should be done the way are done now - kudzu  
> detects them if they are directly connected, administrative tool front  
> end to cups from within the menu system. First boot is the first  
> impression a user has after install - and setting up printers/scanners  
> is a fragile matter, firstboot should go smooth to install confidence  
> in the user.
> 

Kudzu and printers.. Ever had a paralell printer connected to a fedora
box, which is often switched on/off?

That is a pain in the ass. If the printer is disconnected, kudzu will
whine about it being removed...

> Network ISP's for PPPoE - yes, set that up during firstboot, either  
> there or in Anaconda.
> 
> Software updates should not be done in first boot, once they have  
> booted, if they have network - the throbbing red ! is indication that  
> action is required. Doesn't need to be in first boot.
> 
> Login preferences - gdm can be easily configured once you've booted.
> 
> -=-
> 
> What I _do_ want to see added to first boot -
> 
> if there isn't a mail alias for root, ask the user who should get  
> root's mail, create the alias, and run newaliases.
>