was: Re: [expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] A possible replacement for Linux-Mandraketools It would be quite impressive to read pertinent data from a M$W user's registry when installing Linux for the first time... Did a bit of digging and have the following suggestion: check out Python's winreg.py, _winreg.c in the Windows version... I haven't used M$ junk for a couple of years now; but this thread reminded me that I'd looked into parsing the registry at one time. When I found my old (early draft) code, it unfortunately required that one have an "exported" registry which is not typical. A little hunting and I found the above Python code which someone more adept at C than me could have running on Linux in no time... HTH, Pierre Mark wrote: > > Sounds cool. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > A possible replacement for Linux-Mandrake tools > > (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=20010203022113) > > > > Chris Drake writes "I had a stunning idea that could possibly destroy Microsoft's >attude towards linux. Why not simply write a program that reads Windows' registry and >converts the configuration into linux config files and even install packages based on >the registry (very early plan). For those who don't know much about windows. EVERY >bit of configuration is stored somewhere within the registry. So a possible example >of something we could do is read TCP/IP information eg. IP ADDRESS, masks, DNS config >and so much more and convert it into linux configuration files. > > > > Myself and my firends are currently in the process of writing this very program. >We are still in the middle of the alpha code. It is codenamed "Die". > > > > We would like to see some comments to see what you think about our program, "Die". >We are willing to take a risk in changing the name if people don't like it. > > > > We are estimating it to be a very usefull tool when fully operational. "
