Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: /dev/sd* | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:47:18 -0400 |
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On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 17:51 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> Umm, hdx or sdx is a small impact. The real power of /dev/disk is that > >> not-so-technically minded users can go looking for their disk by its name > > > >They already can. It appears on their desktop with a little picture that > >says "My iSpod" or similar 8) > > Not everyone follows Linus's "suggestion" to use KDE. Actually, there are > even people not thrilled by either KDE or GNOME.
It works the same way in Gnome (and any reasonable desktop OS). If users really don't want an integrated desktop environment I think they get to figure out the disk naming issues themselves.
Lee
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