Fedora Remix maintained by the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Linux Users Group, targeted at users new to Linux and RIT students, faculty, and staff
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Notes for the RIT Linux Remix
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Names
Please write your name in the list below so we know what color is who!
* Justin (jflory7 / jwf)
* Regina (gen1e)
* Solomon (Serubin)
* Josh (jhb2345)
* Anon
* not alex
* Brian(Brian-Sandon) - only the comment on Wallace library backgrounds
* Tim
* Ted (tek9067)
* Aidan
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What do we want to include for the user for v1.0?
* Environment customization
* Desktop wallpapers
* Animated richie background gif
* Login slideshow of RIT campus spots
* like the images used for the Wallace library backgrounds?
* WIFI connecting
* Auto connect to the RIT wireless network
* Just prompt for username and password
* Would be possible to include a static file for the RIT wireless network that is preconfigured for PEAP / MSCHAPv2
* https://github.com/FOSSRIT/connect-rit/blob/master/connect-rit
* dedicated rootkit that uses RIT wifi to ddos people we don't like
* commanded via ritlug irc channel
* Browser start page
* Included bookmarks – this is possible in Firefox, but what about Chrome?
* RPMFusion repositories enabled by default
* Including drivers for video watching, i.e. Netflix
* Destler singles sample music
* bootable
* do we want encryption? - Could it be difficult or confusing for a new user to set this up, or if they forget the encryption passphrase, will they understand that they won't be able to recover their system *at all*?
* Definitely add option.
* Maybe something to add to the wiki/documentation and make it easy for them to do later
* User experience (i.e. "I've never used Linux before, what am I doing and where am I?")
* Desktop environment: Cinnamon helpful for users who are used to Window environments?
* "Sane defaults" – providing cool shell customizations that make the UI clean and easily understandable
* Add to wiki how to install other DEs if they want
* Browser flexibiity: Including Firefox (already included) and Chromium from first install
* Nonfree plugins (Netflix, Flash) for functionality and convenience
* DuckDuckGo: Search engine by default (is this possible in either Firefox or Chromium configuration files?????)
* If people want google we can put in the documentation how to switch to google and why we use DuckDuckGo as a default and we can include a link to the wiki in the default homepage
* +1
* Redshift for the eyes. (On x11)
* Need to install command auto correct for helping new users ( https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck )
* Introduce users to understanding the hardships of those with sight problems by changing the character font after each key pressed (at random)
* Dedicated duckduckgo and chill mode
* cloud to butt
* remote clouds that the user connects to are also turned into butts
* https everywhere
* ublock origin