On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, civileme wrote:
> 1. a universal installer in full GUI built off of checkinstall,
> 2. a program that sends hardware and configuration profiles to some central
> place for helping non-expert users
> 3. program that backs up configuration files daily , keeping a daily record for a
>week and
> a monthly record for a year, so that users can change configuration without a
> great deal of fear.
3. is provided by linuxconf and maybe drakprofile, but the interfaces to
either of these programs seems to suck, and maybe don't run from the cron.
I really like 1. and 2. and in fact have had these exact same ideas
myself. These need to be tied into www.mandrakeexpert.com. No one even
bothers to add their hardware specs, and their questions leave a lot to be
desired. If they were given the option to upload their hardware profile
automatically during the install, and also every time a hardware change is
detected by harddrake/kudzu, this would be great for tech support.
Registration to www.mandrakeexpert.com should also be provided. I really
hope this can make 8.1. MandrakeSoft says that they provide support
through here, but I don't see it mentioned during the install I did. Maybe
it is only on the box.
I am certainly in favor of the "No information about you is sent to
MandrakeSoft" disclaimer as well.
I didn't comment on 1., only 2. What I can say about 1. is that it would
certainly help newbies. Maybe you can elaborate more on checkinstall?
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Sincerely,
David Walluck
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