Hello,
this is a very good idea that we have already had, but the
implementation is complex for several reasons:
- it's difficult to put on the main Mandrake CD for space problems
- what about ethics? free doesn't mean in the spirit of open-source,
and we would have to choose several ISPs... (why refusing to one and
saying yes to one other?)
- technical problems: many geographical places in the world + not
possible to give one account for each user of Mandrake! (each
CD/Internet image of Mandrake is physically identical)
- the good solution would be to implement kinda Internet wizard
(MandrakeUpdate-like) that would give an account and configure it. But
this would need... an Internet connexion :->
However, we will keep on thinking about it, there must be some
solutions...
G.
Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote:
>
> I recently wrote an article on free ISPs for OsOpinion which sparked a
> lot of discussion about free ISPs who are friendly to Linux, and this
> had me pondering "What if we had a distro which offered pre-installed
> free Internet for a wide variety of locations?" --- we know Compaq is
> planning to offer free internet (NetZero) with new Windows PCs, and it
> is only a matter of time before MS does something similar, but our
> advantage is we do not need to have one "strategic partner" but can
> list any number of free ISPs without offending any of the others.
>
> What I imagine is either KPPP (although I truly believe diald is more
> practical for the home or home-office dialup user) pre-configured from
> an install section or config script that lets the person select either
> a free ISP (if one is close enough) or to put in the details of their
> own ISP. As more and more free ISPs appear, we can expand the list.
>
> Is this doable?
>
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