On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 16:57 -0700, Karsten Wade wrote: > /me replies to the fun stuff, first > > On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 16:03 -0700, Colin Charles wrote: > > Here it is folk... > > > * Hardware Compatibility Lists (HCLs) - we are certifiying > > nothing. More on this topic in a while (i.e. I have code, and > > work in ~/code/hwdb, now its just time to unleash the beast for > > a beating) > > You've probably read it, but for those who don't keep up on fedora-docs- > list, here is a recent thread on HCLs: > > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2005-June/msg00035.html > > IMHO, the HCL concept took a beating, in most all forms. The best idea > is that some automagic might be nice. There are lots of lists of > hardware by model in the distro that could be yanked into XML and thus > into something pretty. But ye gods! don't let us do anything manual. > > 'Nuff said. > > > * Marketing via a LiveCD - developer's don't find this terribly > > useful, but its a great marketing tool. Now, we need to leverage > > pushing this towards being done. > > Oh, this is essential. Anyone who says it's not useful in many ways is > not on this planet and should be ignored for this subject. ;-P > > I know there are technical hurdles and the like, and it must include a > usable OO.o. Knoppix STD works great for me personally, but I *know* I > could convert people if I could just boot Fedora Core on their machines > in a non-destructive manner. At US$.015 a live CD, that's some cheap > propaganda. > > - Karsten I know a gentleman who makes LiveCD's for a living. I can invite him to help - it's not a big deal. Really!
