[Mageia-discuss] Wish List

[Marc Paré]

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

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