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

[Robert Cole <rkcole72984 gmail com>]

Thank you for the correction there, Thomas. It is much appreciated. I 
still have a lot to learn. <smile>

On 05/16/2012 03:26 PM, Thomas Ward wrote:
> 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.
>
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