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(except in advanced setup) +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> I think we can enable support for btrfs in standard setup +</I>>><i> (but I dont think we should go for it as default yet...) +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> exactly, i looked at the list, and it lists ext3, ext4, xfs, jfs, etc... btrfs +</I>><i> could easily be there amongst those. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I would indeed wait to set it by default when it has been more used and proven +</I>><i> as stable. (perhaps one or two releases further) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>>>><i> - core media +</I>>>><i> This screen was never clear to me, and i never selected it, however, +</I>>>><i> perhaps for iso installation, a mirror repository should be +</I>>>><i> automatically there and selected by default? so that if there's updates, +</I>>>><i> they can already be used during installation... ? WDYT? +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> Well, that page is to give the user the choice to add a mirror repo if +</I>>><i> she/she wants it, but not forcing it... +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> i'm just thinking if we list some form of updates there by default, it could +</I>><i> mean faster install (no updates later on), and if something wasn't functional, +</I>><i> at release time, it could be "pushed" from repositories, so that it would work +</I>><i> well. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> at the same time, i think we should try to minimize the amount of packages +</I>><i> needed to have working network, (or use the stuff that's in the stage tarballs +</I>><i> to get network, instead of first installing part of it) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>>>><i> - i selected HTTP and it installed a few packages so i could enable +</I>>>><i> networking (2min) +</I>>>><i> - the partition step kept being highlighted, even when i was configuring +</I>>>><i> network... +</I>>>><i> - <A HREF="http://distrib-">http://distrib-</A> +</I>>>><i> coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64 didn't +</I>>>><i> seem to work when configuring additional media +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> It might have been overloaded, so no free download slots... +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> perhaps, i'm not sure +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>>>><i> - KDE choice (very funny artwork :-D ) +</I>>>><i> - installing (5min) +</I>>>><i> - when configuring, wizard said my password was trivial to guess, even +</I>>>><i> though i had letter and digits in it with total length 8 +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> A good pasword should contain a mix of atleast 3 of theese: +</I>>><i> - lower-case characters +</I>>><i> - upper-case characters +</I>>><i> - numbers +</I>>><i> - special characters +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> and preferably >=10 characters +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> so, it's either trivial or good? no inbetweens? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>>>><i> - perhaps the iso media should be removed after installation and when +</I>>>><i> updated media are installed? it keeps requesting for the DVD... +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> That would mean getting network traffic, even if you have it on the iso. +</I>>><i> And the user can always change it in the media manager +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> how often do you have people installing ISO, then removing iso, to boot from +</I>><i> disk; only to find out that you have to put it in again to install a few +</I>><i> applications. granted the first reboot doesn't boot from the iso, but the +</I>><i> subsequent boots do use the iso... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> otoh, indeed it could mean increased network traffic... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>>>><i> - vim didn't show a color scheme for /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg . +</I>>>><i> - trying to update with urpmi --auto-select showed me that i had an +</I>>>><i> orphaned package ? kernel-desktop-devel ? odd... +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> urpmi orphans detection isn't perfect yet... +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> i don't think this is the problem, tbh, i'm wondering why it was even +</I>><i> installed? (unless it was for dkms stuff?) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>>>><i> logs vbox3 guest: (vbox3 is still in 2010.2, so perhaps we should have +</I>>>><i> vbox3 compatibility?) +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> vbox 4 is in 2010.2 backports +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> true, but would you dare to upgrade an existing vbox3 version to vbox4? i have +</I>><i> several machines that are "saved"... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I> +See: comments: +/Preliminary testing shows Virtual Box Appliances from ver 3.1.10-12 +import and function well in ver 4.0.x and visa-versa / 12/26/2010 satellit +<A HREF="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Emulator_image_files#VirtualBox">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Emulator_image_files#VirtualBox</A> + +I default to .vmdk and .ovf for export and import and do not use new +.ova format for exports to maintain compatibility. + +Tom Gilliard +satellit_ on freenode IRC +>><i> -- +</I>>><i> Thomas +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>-------------- next part -------------- +An HTML attachment was scrubbed... +URL: </pipermail/mageia-discuss/attachments/20110215/22cf3bcf/attachment.html> +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="003602.html">[Mageia-discuss] First impressions +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#3601">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#3601">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#3601">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#3601">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |