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<B>Marc Paré</B>
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<I>Tue Oct 5 03:38:49 CEST 2010</I>
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<PRE>Le 2010-10-04 19:53, André Machado a écrit :
>><i> Apparently Kppp will be part
</I>>><i> of the install package with KDE installs.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> If kppp will be a standard in the KDE installation, all right, but we must
</I>><i> remember those who will use other graphical environments. So GNOMEPPP
</I>><i> should also be a standard, not to mention that we will use XFCE or LXDE.
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</I>>><i> I prefer external modems, less driver problems.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Indeed, me too, but they're generally most expensive and, sometimes,
</I>><i> depending on the place, hard to find.
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</I>><i> For the various providers, it is clear that the ultimate responsibility
</I>><i> lies with the user, but we can give a force.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I remember that Mandriva 2006 was an assistant for ADSL connections where
</I>><i> we could choose our country, state, city and operator - or something,
</I>><i> someone please confirm. A Brazilian discontinued distro, Kurumin, had a
</I>><i> dialer dialup done with Kommander with phones and configs of several
</I>><i> national providers.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Of course I'm not suggesting that we collect the dial settings and phone
</I>><i> numbers for each provider on earth - that would be, perhaps, impossible -
</I>><i> but we could arrange, for now, a section on the wiki with settings tips
</I>><i> for the most common providers - these tips written by the users of the
</I>><i> distro - and in the future, maybe create some application where the user
</I>><i> can select their country, state, city and provider and the system does
</I>><i> the rest. Yes, it will be too much work, but the payoff will be huge.
</I>><i>
</I>
This sounds reasonable, but let's not forget that the user will only be
able to access the Wiki AFTER the phone hookup is established. It would
be a good reference point though for help with Mageia dial-up, modem
scripts etc.
I think its a good idea.
Marc
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