Preparing systems for end-user friendliness : Xine and DVD

Thu Jan 22 23:21:10 UTC 2004

Christoph Wickert wrote:

>>Distro :FC1
>>Kernel:-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl on an i686
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>Pretty old, huh?
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I have to agree with Christoph. If your company is making expressive 
changes to Fedora to make it user friendly , it would be a good idea to 
ship an updated system (I dont know if in your country is easy to get 
access to broadband connections or dialup internet for a cheap price, 
but it would make users happier if they find out that their just bought 
computer is updated and they dont need to spend maybe a few hours 
downloading updates if they're on dialup).
This specific kernel version has at least two security holes that have 
been fixed in newer kernel versions , so shipping something with this 
kernel is also a security risk...

Pedro Macedo