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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> +exactly, i looked at the list, and it lists ext3, ext4, xfs, jfs, etc... btrfs +could easily be there amongst those. + +I would indeed wait to set it by default when it has been more used and proven +as stable. (perhaps one or two releases further) + +><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'm just thinking if we list some form of updates there by default, it could +mean faster install (no updates later on), and if something wasn't functional, +at release time, it could be "pushed" from repositories, so that it would work +well. + +at the same time, i think we should try to minimize the amount of packages +needed to have working network, (or use the stuff that's in the stage tarballs +to get network, instead of first installing part of it) + +><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> +perhaps, i'm not sure + +><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> +so, it's either trivial or good? no inbetweens? + +><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> +how often do you have people installing ISO, then removing iso, to boot from +disk; only to find out that you have to put it in again to install a few +applications. granted the first reboot doesn't boot from the iso, but the +subsequent boots do use the iso... + +otoh, indeed it could mean increased network traffic... + +><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 don't think this is the problem, tbh, i'm wondering why it was even +installed? (unless it was for dkms stuff?) + +><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> +true, but would you dare to upgrade an existing vbox3 version to vbox4? i have +several machines that are "saved"... + +><i> -- +</I>><i> Thomas +</I></PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="003598.html">[Mageia-discuss] First impressions +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="003578.html">[Mageia-discuss] Questions & suggestions about the drakrpm-edit-media-alike tool amongst stuff concerning the installation of Mageia +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#3600">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#3600">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#3600">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#3600">[ 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> |