On Nov 8, 2016, at 12:43, Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 11/08/2016 12:34 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 12:22:31PM -0500, Bastien Nocera wrote: >>> At https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/DownstreamBranding you'll find >>> the start of lists for downstream branding possibilities. If you know >>> of other branding used in distributions, or new ideas, please feel >>> free to add those (or mail me privately if you don't have a GNOME >>> Wiki account). >> >> Thanks Bastien. This seems constructive. Would you consider changing >> "does not impact on the visual identity" to something like "provide a >> distinct visual identity which works in harmony with the GNOME visual >> identity and user experience"? >> > > As an aside, can we try to get "default hostname" off the list? I've actually > been trying to push for eliminating the default hostname in favor of a > randomly-generated valid name so that we can play better with FreeIPA and AD > environments. (Clients of those systems must always have unique names; conflicts > cause hard-to-debug issues). > > One such reference: https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/164 (the > implementation is mostly abandoned at this point, but the purpose is unchanged) > > Or, if it is determined that this is important to do, can we try for something > like "fedora-UUID" as a default hostname, so it's at least unique? Of course, > the problem with that becomes that you end up with stupidly-long names on the > default command prompt, which looks ugly. But perhaps it would be okay to just > change the default command prompt not to show the full hostname (or > auto-truncate it or something) What about $CompVendor-$SerialNumber ? Serial numbers should be unique, and I thought they were accessible to the OS via the firmware. _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
