Re: Desktop NetBSD needs your help

[matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 2/9/09, Anne Bennett <anne%porcupine.montreal.qc.ca@localhost> wrote:
>
>
>  On Sat, 7 Feb 2009, Andrew Doran wrote:
>
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> >   Given a NetBSD CD and a reasonably modern x86 computer, make it possible
> >   to install a useful desktop system in under 15 minutes, responding to
> >   only a few prompts in the process.
> >
>
>  If you succeed at this, you'll have done something useful, but IMHO an
>  important part is missing: installing a system is the (relatively)
>  easy part.  Keeping it patched is a whole 'nother ball game, and
>  difficult enough for experienced sysadmins; for ordinary users, it's an
>  insurmountable problem as things stand.
>
>  And if you're able to basically automate patching the O/S and
>  software, then you will have provided tools that will help a lot of
>  overworked sysadmins as well.


I've been looking at this a little bit and I think it's out of scope
for a desktop project, but definitely a place where netbsd could use
help.

http://mspo.com/blog/2009/01/mtdiffsh-10.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2009/01/03/msg001520.html