I've got a few suggestions for the next version.

1. The network setup during installation only seems to be able to handle 
either multiple PCI cards or multiple ISA cards.  PCI cards are 
auto-detected and the user isn't given a choice to manually check for more, 
but with ISA cards you can add as many as you need without any config 
issues.  If you have a mixture of ISA and PCI cards, it finds the PCI cards 
first and then doesn't give the option of checking for any others.

2. Take a few leaves out of Smoothwall's book for the network setup.  It 
categorizes the network interfaces, and lets you pick which card is for 
which.  It should be possible to specify in the installation which card is 
for the LAN and which is for the outside access,

3. A link from both the admin and root shell a/cs to the documentation 
would be _very_ nice.  A simple 'ln -s 
/usr/share/doc/Mandrake/HTML/en/index.html manual.html' would suffice.

4. The naat-console should be better organized, with the options 
categorized and menus where applicable, eg for assigning whether a network 
card is autobooted, it should have a selector for "yes" and "no", rather 
than having you to type in the correct value.

5. The web interface works pretty well, but it is a bit confusing for a 
newbie.  I wasn't expecting to have to select "Next" when I wanted to make 
changes, I expected there to be an "apply" button on the specific page I 
was changing things on.  Either that, or have an option to display inline 
comments and help, eg a beginner vs expert mode.

6. It should be possible to add specific commands to rcx.d from init.d via 
the web interface.  Maybe have an "Add" button on the Services page which 
would let you select from the options available.

7. How about including facilities for more services, eg FTP, mail, etc, but 
having them selectable from the web interface?  I spend a while yesterday 
trying to configure FTP and CVS access, but couldn't get them to accept 
connections, even from locally.

Thanks for the excellent distro!

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