----- Original Message -----
From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] New "features" in Mandrake 7.0
> On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > > network - Huh? what are you referring to?
> > > >
> > > > Beats me, but it's right there in DrakConf's list, between netfs and
> > > > numlock.
> > > >
> > > Umm....I think "network" is pretty self-explanatory, don't you?
> >
> >
> > Not if you don't understand it's function; it's too general a term.
> >
> Well, it would SEEM to me (not a programmer or particularly
> knowledgeable about Linux in general) that "network" would cover
> starting the network services, such as TCPIP, etc. *I* would tend to
> think that "Network" in the startup services should be
> self-explanatory if you have ANY knowledge of computer networking
> above and beyond just plugging your computer into the LAN and hoping
> it works.
Well . . . true. And if you really wanted to know exactally what it did, you
could look at the script file itself, but my point was that, unless you knew
what it meant (and had some understanding of networking), the word is too
general to be of any use. Perhaps the install program could (for
non-experts) step through a series of pages describing the function of the
service and give the option of starting it at boot time. IMHO, Mandrake by
default enables too many unnecessary services and exposes the casual user to
some security risks, or at least some performance hits.
Hoyt
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