Re: [orca-list] Announcing Orca v3.4.2

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Robert,

No, that's incorrect.  Anaconda is the installer that Fedora uses to 
install the operating system. The First Boot Wizard is a program called 
First Boot. Its a totally separate application from Anaconda.

Cheers!


On 5/16/2012 5:52 PM, Robert Cole wrote:
> Yes, I am pretty sure that this is what the Anaconda scripts are 
> referring to. When you install Fedora from a live medium you have to 
> reboot the system after installation. When the system boots up, you 
> are presented with some screens which deal with configuration and 
> other things. This is called the FirstBoot wizard. I believe that the 
> underlying technology upon which this wizard is built is referred to 
> as Anaconda.
>
> If I am mistaken on any of this, I will gladly receive any correction.
>
> I am really excited to try and fully install Fedora using Orca someday 
> in the future. I had it running on my system before Ubuntu 12.04 was 
> released, but I had to break my neck to install it. I have a small 
> amount of visin, and so I used the camera on my cell hone to zoom in 
> on the screen to get through the wizard. There is another way to 
> bypass thsi wizard using a file called a "kickstart" file which 
> basically contains all fo the answers to the questions which the 
> wizard asks, but I am unsure as to how to set this up right now.
>
> All I can say is that Fedora ran VERY FAST on my system as compared to 
> other distros. Ubuntu 12.04 has actually gotten a lot faster on this 
> machine as well compared to Ubuntu 11.10.
>
> I know it has been reiterated many times before, but I want to thank 
> Joanie and all of the other developers (Alejandro Piñeiro, Joseph 
> Scheuhammer, and the many others behind numerous features and distros) 
> for all that you have done and are doing to make things accessible to us.
>
> All the best.
>
> Take care.