[Freedombox-discuss] Tweaks: Package selections and configuration customizations
2010/10/7 Jonas Smedegaard dr at jones.dk
> A solution to what, exactly?
When the user is installing FB on a plug system that doesn't have a video
interface and the system needs some infomation about how to install.
> The scenario I see is: The user download s the install to a USB stick.
>> Plugs it into the device and turns it on. After 30 sek he/she points a
>> browser to a local domain name and a simpel web interface guides the user
>> through the installation. Then a script in the live environment could
>> identify the hardware type and make some decisions for the user in advance
>> (ex. if it is an embedded device with no attached storage then there is no
>> reason for the installer to ask for a location to install the software). It
>> could also be during this step that the user tells what services to install
>> (but these can of course also be installed later).
>>
>> I don't know how difficult this would be to setup but perhaps there should
>> also be a option to run it as a live distro from a USB for system with very
>> low internal storage.
>>
>
> This sounds like a big mouthful to me. But sure, if you are up to the
> challenge, then go for it!
>
> I don't have the time or skill right now to pull something like that off.
It was more of a vision of user friendliness that would bring FB to a point
where avage joe could use it.
Cheers,
Christian
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