Re: RH recommends using Windows? plus a Question!

[Kreg Steppe <kreg virtual1 net>]

I would definatly opt-in for something like this.
I would also suggest that if there was a problem installing something, 
and you opt-in have it check the DB for any notes to a solution and 
display them instead of just reporting it.

Julien Olivier wrote:

> On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 13:08, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
>  
>
> > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Julien Olivier wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Aaargh, forget my proposition... it is stupid because it needs the user
> > > to _know_ what hardware he has and fill everything himself. I understand
> > > that a GUI application would have the advantage to be able to
> > > "auto-detect" the hardware and do most of the work for the user.
> > >
> > > That said, it could still be done the following way:
> > >
> > > - When you click on "report my hardware", a cookie is generated
> > > containing all the information required automatically.
> > > - The website is opened, reads the cookie and pre-fills the form
> > > - The user can modify the defaults choices and validates
> > >
> > > The drawback:
> > >
> > > - if your navigator is configured to refuse cookies, you're screwed...
> > >      
> > This is a non-issue.  What about this:  App (no GUI) collects
> > needed info, POSTs that to the website, acquires a session-id,
> > launches browser with the session-id.  
> >    
>
> Technically, it's a good idea but I can already hear comments about how
> Fedora spies its users by sending reports of their users' hardware
> without any human intervention... More over, it could well be that you
> don't want your hardware information (all or partially) to be sent to
> Fedora (for any reason). But maybe a solution could be to allow users to
> configure which kind of information can/cannot be sent to Fedora. For
> example, it could be configured at install time or in the firstboot
> tool.
>
>  
>
> > BTW, offering the service
> > at the right time is quite important.  Say, when the
> > hotplug/kudzu/... fails to configure a device, should offer the
> > user to report that.
> >
> >    
>
> Of course, that would be very smart and useful.
>
>  
>
> > behdad
> >
> >
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