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Re: And now for something completely different... etch!



On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 01:03:12AM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
> 
> [ Installation improvements ] 

Encrypted root/swap on the d-i installation.
Booting from the d-i and not need a reboot ?

> [ Security improvements ] 

No automatic start of daemons (already mentioned in another post)
tls in MTAs by default.

> [ Admin improvements ]
> - Possibility to startup the OS in "control" mode: select which init 
>   scripts  will run, this provides a way to work-around hardware issues after
>   d-i has installed the base system (personal example: #301112)

Seconded. Even with specific modules loading (select which of the modules from
/etc/modules is actualy loaded). (I just bit a problem with rivafb which
renders the system unbootable)

> - 'Status' in init.d scripts (#291148)

Seconded, too.

> [ End user improvements ] 

Ability to select if the system is multiuser targetted and allow users to log
while a previous user is logged in by default. Single user systems could have
it disabbled.

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