-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 One of the things I would like to see on Mandrake is easier access to other network file servers for newbie users. Since we now have lisa working mostly out-the-box (the GNOME equivalent works fine without any configuration in most cases IIRC), would it be feasible/desirable to have a network icon on the desktop by default?
For KDE users, try the one attached (save in your ~/Desktop). Ideally, I would prefer to have lisa/kio_lan browse something like this: +LAN Browser +-Entire Local network (contents of current root of LAN Browser) +-Server (by hostname/IP) +-SMB/NFS/FISH etc +-Windows Network +-Workgroup +-Server +-Share +-Netware Network +-Bindery/NDS trees +-Server +-Volume - -+AppleTalk Network The problems at present with kio_lan are due to the limitations of trying to represent some networking protocols as hostname/IP-based, which has some problems: - -Windows users will miss their workgroups, likewise other protocols will miss some organisation-type grouping. - -Windows9x doesn't respond to a request unless you use it's real netbios name, you can't use it's hostname (FQDN) or IP. If the host part of the FQDN, then you may be ok if the netbios name matches (unlikely on a home network unless we have some wizard that sets up DDNS with ICS). Problems in implementing this at present is that kio_smb has no wins support, and lisa doesn't seem to do anything with workgroups (although it might when using smbclient instead of libsmbclient, but it still doesn't work right). Comments? Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE++cGVrJK6UGDSBKcRAnyzAKCcf+BR9XsDpCx7S+6fmhY758vs5QCgj/x6 xddzP1VYBuocHHtc/m3q6o0= =6+XX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Icon=network_local Type=Link URL=lan://localhost
