2010/10/12 James Antill
<james@fedoraproject.org>
On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 16:00 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 11:11 -0400, Chris Lumens wrote:
> > > - suggests a username and hostname based on the user's real name
> > > (Mac OS X's installer also does this -- it's a nice touch)
> >
> > If DNS knows a hostname, we will suggest that. Of course it's not
> > foolproof.
>
> That's not it. Your name is entered (Chris Lumens) and from it you
> should get a hostname (chris-lumens-fedora-desktop.local) as well as a
> presentation name ("Chris Lumens' Fedora Desktop") which could be used
> for things like services being advertised through avahi, or even the
> default name for the Bluetooth adapters.
The Mac does this too, and I'm sure it's great for avahi stuff ... but
it's really annoying for anyone using the hostname anywhere else (mainly
due to the expected size).
Is there nowhere else that we could store a "hostsummary" instead of
hostname?
I believe anaconda is Ok, But many users complain about it, I honestly can't understand why.
What I can undersand and even say is that anaconda needs a little "more polished" experience.
I mean, in the "look part" Fedora needs a re-birthday, we use same graphics combination in anaconda,
the same Gnome theme, the same themes to pick for (gtk) and mostly the same that when Fedora started.
I believe we need to polish that look part, as far as I understand an O.S. Needs to be newer in each
new version not only in features, but also in look. If we can give that to users, discussions like these ones
will be present in a fewer number.