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[New: openFATE 308936] Install defaults to Allow_Kernel_Updates=NO
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- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 01:21:56 +0000 (GMT)
- Message-id: <feature-308936-1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Feature added by: Wilson Phillips (Wilson_Phillips)
Feature #308936, revision 1
Title: Install defaults to Allow_Kernel_Updates=NO
openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed
Priority
Requester: Important
Requested by: Wilson Phillips (wilson_phillips)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
Make the install default with kernel updates off.
Create a config file with a flag that can be turned on or off, that must be
edited. Inside the file could be all the information needed for a newbie to do
his/her own kernel update without hosing thier system. Instructions, links to
forums, links to video card drivers, etc.
Advanced users could easily edit the file and turn on kernel updates after the
install, but new users would not be blind-sided with a kernel update that
leaves them in panic mode staring at the command prompt login, and wondering
why they had a desktop one minute and a reboot leaves their system broken. If a
new user needs a kernel update, they can do a little research and find how to
edit the file, by the time they do it, they should have all the information
they need to make an informed decision and be prepared with the tools they need
to bring their system back online properly.
Business case (Partner benefit):
openSUSE.org: We have lost too many new openSUSE users over the years because
they did their updates and did not know that a kernel update would break their
modules. Nothing causes more panic for a newbie than a reboot that leaves them
stuck at the command line interface and wondering why their system is broken.
Too many just do a format and reinstall of Windows and the last we hear of them
is when they post on the forums that SUSE sucks. For us old techs, this is a
small problem and we know how to fix it, but for the newbie, this is a deal
breaker. We must change our way of looking at these small problems and how they
affect the new inexperienced users. We can not overlook these issues. We have
to make them a priority. How many new users could we keep, if they never had
this problem? Food for thought.
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openSUSE Feature:
https://features.opensuse.org/308936
Feature #308936, revision 1
Title: Install defaults to Allow_Kernel_Updates=NO
openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed
Priority
Requester: Important
Requested by: Wilson Phillips (wilson_phillips)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
Make the install default with kernel updates off.
Create a config file with a flag that can be turned on or off, that must be
edited. Inside the file could be all the information needed for a newbie to do
his/her own kernel update without hosing thier system. Instructions, links to
forums, links to video card drivers, etc.
Advanced users could easily edit the file and turn on kernel updates after the
install, but new users would not be blind-sided with a kernel update that
leaves them in panic mode staring at the command prompt login, and wondering
why they had a desktop one minute and a reboot leaves their system broken. If a
new user needs a kernel update, they can do a little research and find how to
edit the file, by the time they do it, they should have all the information
they need to make an informed decision and be prepared with the tools they need
to bring their system back online properly.
Business case (Partner benefit):
openSUSE.org: We have lost too many new openSUSE users over the years because
they did their updates and did not know that a kernel update would break their
modules. Nothing causes more panic for a newbie than a reboot that leaves them
stuck at the command line interface and wondering why their system is broken.
Too many just do a format and reinstall of Windows and the last we hear of them
is when they post on the forums that SUSE sucks. For us old techs, this is a
small problem and we know how to fix it, but for the newbie, this is a deal
breaker. We must change our way of looking at these small problems and how they
affect the new inexperienced users. We can not overlook these issues. We have
to make them a priority. How many new users could we keep, if they never had
this problem? Food for thought.
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openSUSE Feature:
https://features.opensuse.org/308936
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