The first time you boot up your system after installation, the Mandrakeonline wizard will show up (Figure 20.1, “Creating a new Mandrakeonline account”). It allows you to create a new account or to register an existing one. To manually launch the wizard from your user account, right-click on the Mandrakeonline applet icon on the panel and choose .
If you do not have a Mandrakeonline account, check the box and fill the fields in the form. If you already have one, just go on to next step.
You will be then presented with the Mandrakelinux privacy policy. Read it thoroughly and continue to the next step.
Enter now the login information for your account, and provide a name to identify the machine you are currently working on. This is useful if you manage several computers with Mandrakeonline.
The next step explains what information will be collected on your computer. This information is required for the service to work correctly.
Finally, you are asked to choose your country so that automatic updates occur from the nearest possible server. If your country is not listed, make sure you select the nearest one. If you don't want automatic updates to occur, simply click the button, or click on in order to benefit from automatic updates.
The wizard is now finished. To complete your Mandrakeonline setup, you must now activate this machine in your account.