Re: Desktop NetBSD needs your help

[Anne Bennett <anne%porcupine.montreal.qc.ca@localhost>]

On Sat, 7 Feb 2009, Andrew Doran wrote:

>    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.

Just a thought!

Anne.