Fedora Firstboot Enhancements

[Michael A. Peters]

On 11/20/2004 04:12:20 PM, joelbryan wrote:
> Here are the list I believe should be asked in Firstboot.
> 
> 1. Printers & Scanners
> 2. Network ISP's for PPPoe (DSL, Broadband)
> 3. Up2Date Software Updates
> 4. Login Preferences (Facebrowser, Network Login)

My opinions

Printers and Scanners should be done the way are done now - kudzu  
detects them if they are directly connected, administrative tool front  
end to cups from within the menu system. First boot is the first  
impression a user has after install - and setting up printers/scanners  
is a fragile matter, firstboot should go smooth to install confidence  
in the user.

Network ISP's for PPPoE - yes, set that up during firstboot, either  
there or in Anaconda.

Software updates should not be done in first boot, once they have  
booted, if they have network - the throbbing red ! is indication that  
action is required. Doesn't need to be in first boot.

Login preferences - gdm can be easily configured once you've booted.

-=-

What I _do_ want to see added to first boot -

if there isn't a mail alias for root, ask the user who should get  
root's mail, create the alias, and run newaliases.