>So, how about addressing some of this, by:
>a)If X keeps crashing, start X in vesa mode, starting up XFdrake or
>drakxconf or similar to try and fix the config
I think that would help ALLOT of newbies!
>b)Allow a user to configure a mouse in this mode without a mouse
Just to be able to move around in X without a mouse would be a plus.
Keyboard shortcuts and strokes can be faster than reaching over and using a
mouse.
>c)Have the failsafe boot option pass a parameter to the dm service which
>starts it like this by default.
>
>For a distribution aiming at converting existing windows users, you
>really need to make it *seem* bullet-proof. We all know it is,
>convincing point-and-clickers that it is means ensuring that if they
>wanted a GUI, they *always* get one, and can fix *anything* (besides
>fsck of course, which even windows can't do in a GUI) with GUI tools.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Hil
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