From: ftigeot Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:23:59 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Provide more details for the livecd enhancement project X-Git-Url: http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/094b2c923912704cf6faae47726a0a726a40b3f1 Provide more details for the livecd enhancement project --- diff --git a/docs/developer/ProjectsPage.mdwn b/docs/developer/ProjectsPage.mdwn index 25e82d8..e955543 100644 --- a/docs/developer/ProjectsPage.mdwn +++ b/docs/developer/ProjectsPage.mdwn @@ -243,10 +243,16 @@ Projects that can be clearly used for Google Code-In are marked with their categ ## Live images enhancement -The live images could be made easier to use. The following minimum enhancements should be added: +The live images could be made easier to use. The following enhancements should be added: 1. Let the user choose the keyboard layout at startup, do not assume QWERTY. Ideally, an user should be able to login after having selected a non-QWERTY layout without needing to use any of the alphabetic keys. 2. Configure network interfaces automatically, using DHCP +Not beeing able to choose keyboard layout before having to type 'installer' or 'root' may be a deal breaker for some users. +A simple menu replacing login(1) and displaying the following three choices could be a good solution: +* Choice 1: Set keyboard layout +* Choice 2: Launch the installer +* Choice 3: Login as root + For more theoretical projects and project concepts see [[ResearchProjects|/docs/developer/ResearchProjectsPage]]