On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 09:36, Buchan Milne wrote: > -----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
I think functionality such as you described above would be a real win situation for Mandrake. One of the things I hear most from new users is how do I browse network shares. Even many home users these days have a home network between a couple of machines. -- Jason Komar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lubetec
