On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 11:38:08 +0200 Svante Signell <svante.sign...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-07-28 at 00:09 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:10:29 +0200 > > Svante Signell <svante.sign...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2015-07-26 at 23:17 -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote: > > > > > Mounting should be restricted to only the most experienced > > > > users, never embedded in the software so every user can across > > > > the board. The default setup on too many Linux machines reminds > > > > me of Windows. > > > > > > Too sad to see this on GNU/Linux :( > > > > Cheer up Svante. This isn't for your corporation's web servers, it's > > for the guy with a desktop, the system's only user, a guy who > > already has root but just doesn't want to do su all the time, who > > just wants automounting to happen. > > To clarify: The annoying issue with windows is that e.g. if you put in > a CD in the reader, some application starts automatically depending on > the CD contents. This behaviour as default is also annoying on > GNU/Linux. I would never, ever, EVER enable automatic application start upon media/device insertion. My mama didn't raise no fool. I was only talking about mounting the thing to /mnt/whatever. That's all. > > > There are a million different use cases, and on some of them > > automounting makes sense. Other times, running a command as a normal > > user makes more sense. Other times, only someone with root should be > > mounting. > > Even if automounting sometimes makes sense, it should be easy > configurable! I have not found that on Windows OS versions, maybe I > did not dig enough. However, on Devuan GNU/Linux that would be adding > value to user experience. The thing I envision is configurable in that if you don't want it you don't install it :-). I spoze it wouldn't be too difficult to enable the user to define which /dev devices get automounted. SteveT Steve Litt July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
