[ug-bosug] Ubuntu 7.04 BETA announces

[Moinak Ghosh]

Sriram Popuri wrote:
> I personally don't prefer anything to be added at boottime. This can 
> be done after booting up the livecd.

   Can be a desktop icon as well.

Regards,
Moinak.

>
> ~Sriram
>
> On 3/28/07, *Srichand Pendyala* <srichand.pendyala at gmail.com 
> <mailto:srichand.pendyala at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 11:41 +0530, G N S wrote:
>     > LiveCD users believe the base system is untouched and no user
>     > information is collected from the system(if the system is
>     online). For
>     > people completely new to the system, if the information is migrated
>     > transparently, it might be a cause for discomfort. On the other
>     hand,
>     > if the user is prompted, he knows what it is doing and also that
>     he is
>     > in control.
>     > Just a thought.
>
>     It can probably be offered as an option when a user boots up a
>     LiveCD.
>     On the lines of:
>
>     Do you want me to copy all your settings from your Windows
>     partition for
>     this session?
>     [Yes]
>     [No]
>     [Some settings]
>
>     "[Some settings]" would further allow the user to import what he
>     would
>     want, and what not.
>
>     Finally, while ending the session, a similar pop up could ask the user
>     if he would like to write back the changes to the settings. Again, an
>     option of which settings to write back could be offered.
>
>     What sort of settings could be imported?
>
>     * Browser
>     Bookmarks,
>     Cookies,
>
>     * Documents
>     Symlink(?) /Documents to the My Documents folder on Windows?
>
>     * Desktop settings
>     Wallpaper
>     Icon set -> Portable?
>
>     ... !
>
>     Sounds like an interesting project to hack on!
>
>     Regards,
>     Srichand
>
>     --
>     Srichand Pendyala
>     MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
>
>     Phone: +91 988 615 2042
>     URL: http://srichand.net.in
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