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Cream for Vim - Making Vim more user friendly

just emerge cream

for a little introduction see there:  http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/...

just got an idea to that topic (when i say linux, i mean gentoo):

1. there exists some windows-program that the user can download. It will check all your installed hardware in a nice way and says you what can be used and what not. Optionally you can check, what you want to have installed on your future installation (openoffice, ...)
   the program should gather all required information to build the desired system off-site
   (Gentoo highl appreciated)
   the user should be able to specify what kind of backups should be made ("own files" etc)
2. the user can send the information gathered by this windows-program away to the companys server, that should write users privacy with big letters.
3. the server should build this system, that fits 100% to the users computer (i personally think that 70% could be cached data, because the varity is not such great).
   The finished build system can than be downloaded as an image, and burned.
   (or it can be send by postal service for a small fee)
4. when this disc is inserted into the target computer, it installs itself onto the harddrive without! further compilation. the backups are made due to the users needs.
   after system reboot gentoo should start up and the user can login and specify a new password for his user-account. every software that he wants to be installed in the first step is fully functional without any restrictions. (for example the tv-viewer knows its channels )
5. when the user wants any program to be intalled on his hardware, he starts the installation "emerge xxx", and a special configured distcc with ssl compiles the program for him on the companys data center in near lightspeed
6. the user can request the companys support when something goes wrong with his installation or so.
   the supporter can log into the machine with further granting of the user. The user gets a random password which is told to the supporter, that can then login to the machine.

some notes:

• when speaking of company, i had google in mind, that can deliver all of this except the highly intensive user support
• this guideline can be used to give the world a free Operating system (not only for the geeks that know how to compile driver xyz), without giving their heart away to a specific company, or spending big sums of money for software that is better in open-source (openoffice <==> office)
• ideas, comments, etc requested.
  (maybe some comments from google?) (just a joke ...)

here you go:

1. install gnupg (should be already):
   emerge -v gnupg

2. insert your card into the reader and check it with:
   gpg --card-status

3. Use gpg-agents ssh support by: 
   eval `gpg-agent --enable-ssh-support --daemon`

4. Test wether ssh-add sees your card:
   ssh-add -l

5. Export the public key and spread it to your hosts: 
   ssh-add -L (pick the line where 'card' is written)
   Place this whole Line in ~./ssh/autorized_keys on the target host,
   and make sure that in /etc/ssh/sshd_config the
   option PermitCertLogin actived is.

6. emerge the pinentry tool:
   emerge -v pinentry

7. Use ssh to connect to your hosts,
   a pinentry dialog should popup,
   enter the pin and enjoy.

(thanks to joern for his great howto: http://cyphertext.de/ssh-openpgpcard-howto.txt)