Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 09:28:38 -0800 From: Bill Swingle <unfurl@dub.net> To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Advocacy Message-ID: <19990402092837.A58819@dub.net> In-Reply-To: <3704FB5B.6DFE8E9F@thuntek.net>; from Donald Wilde on Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 10:16:11AM -0700 References: <11742.923052372@zippy.cdrom.com> <3704B684.9C55D77A@thuntek.net> <3704EB36.708A399B@naxs.com> <3704F2FD.F1FE13BC@thuntek.net> <19990402085354.B58046@dub.net> <3704FB5B.6DFE8E9F@thuntek.net>
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On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 10:16:11AM -0700, Donald Wilde wrote: > Bill Swingle wrote: > > > I totally agree with the previously said benefits of some sort of > > promotional disk. That said, I think it is important that, while > > impressing the user and showing them the benefits of FreeBSD, the disk > > should not misrepresent what an actual FreeBSD install is like > > after-the-fact. I like the apache idea for the demo disk but it doesnt > > seem like the kind of thing that we would want in a _real_ install. Just > > imagine the user running the demo, getting excited about FreeBSD, then > > doing a real install and running into twm. Ugh. > > And that's another thing I'd like to see changed. Bob wanted to talk > about improvements to the install process, and we'd like to see another > layer of menu after "Congrats! You've now got FreeBSD installed..." that > would allow them to select from some preconfigured installs including a > few different desktops, a webserver, a SAMBA server, etc. or simply > ignore all of those and jump right into the packages and ports stuff. > This can all be done with scripts that call pkg_add and drop config > files (.xinitrc and .fvwmrc, for example) into their home directories. > As long as we stay away from OPTIMIZING X Windows for their graphics > card, we can make decent installs without having to do any probing. I think this is a great idea but as Jordan will be quick to acuratly point out, we've talked about this before but nothing has happened. Therefore, I am volunteering myself to work on such a project. Anyone else interested in working on such a project? (seriously) > It's important that we consider any "improvements" we make from the > perspective of the SysAdmin user as well as Joe LinWin. We don't want to > make it harder for him to do his job, but adding more options doesn't > impact him unless we overrun the CD. If is is implemented in a way that SysAdmin types can write their own default pkg_add scripts and execute them from the proposed menu it might even help out those sysadmins that do regular installs. > Since this is just a few K of > scriptwork except for programs like Netscape, we're not in danger of > that. Worst comes to worst, we'll have an 'insert CD #3' message dialog > for programs that don't exist on CD #1. I would say this is acceptable accept it kinda blows the whole "first disk is mostly self-contained" deal. > I'd like to see a preconfigured disk-install, too, that would be even > more brainless than the existing Novice install. I'm not sure I get your drift, can you ellaborate? What do you mean by disk-install? -Bill -- -=| Bill Swingle - <unfurl@dub.net> -=| "I hate quotations." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -=| FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! - http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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