lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2006]   [Aug]   [18]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
SubjectRe: /dev/sd*
From
Date
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

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2006-08-18 18:49    [W:0.138 / U:0.148 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site