Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-08-27 Thread David Hare
On 27/08/15 15:09, Steve Litt wrote: On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:58:14 +0200 Svante Signell svante.sign...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2015-08-25 at 17:29 +0200, Joerg Reisenweber wrote: On Sun 26 July 2015 23:18:58 Steve Litt wrote: You can roll your own automount with one day's work using

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-08-27 Thread fsmithred
On 08/26/2015 01:08 PM, Go Linux wrote: On Wed, 8/26/15, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: Subject: Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 11:31 AM On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:58:14 +0200 Svante

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-08-27 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:58:14 +0200 Svante Signell svante.sign...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2015-08-25 at 17:29 +0200, Joerg Reisenweber wrote: On Sun 26 July 2015 23:18:58 Steve Litt wrote: You can roll your own automount with one day's work using inotify-wait, dmesg, sudo, lsblk, and the

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-08-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:58:14 +0200 Svante Signell svante.sign...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2015-08-25 at 17:29 +0200, Joerg Reisenweber wrote: On Sun 26 July 2015 23:18:58 Steve Litt wrote: You can roll your own automount with one day's work using inotify-wait, dmesg, sudo, lsblk, and the

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-07-28 Thread kpb
On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 00:09:45 -0400 Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: 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

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-07-28 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 09:29:09AM +0100, kpb wrote: On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 00:09:45 -0400 Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: 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

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-07-28 Thread Svante Signell
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

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-07-28 Thread Steve Litt
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

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-07-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 09:51:08 +0100 KatolaZ kato...@freaknet.org wrote: xfce4 can be made to look like Windows XP (panel at the bottom, notifications on the right and applications on a menu on the left) which almost all of my family, friends, neighbours and students are familiar with. That

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-07-27 Thread Dave Turner
What he said! My laptop and my desktop will be easy to use. Multi-user systems are a different kettle of fish. Security has to take to take precedence, but make it too difficult and nobody will use your new OS in the first place... DaveT On 27/07/15 16:49, Robert Storey wrote: On Sun,

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-07-27 Thread Robert Storey
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: You can roll your own automount with one day's work using inotify-wait, dmesg, sudo, lsblk, and the mount command. Works without X or window manager. Heck, I'll do it myself if

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-07-27 Thread Daniel Cegiełka
2015-07-27 11:45 GMT+02:00 Jaromil jaro...@dyne.org: On Mon, 27 Jul 2015, Svante Signell wrote: On Sun, 2015-07-26 at 23:17 -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote: If I might say so, I HATE automount. Click to mount is fine, but automounting peripheral drives like jump drives, CDs and whatnot is an

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-07-27 Thread Steve Litt
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: That's a very gracious offer, Steve, and I'm sure it will be greatly appreciated. =) If I might say so, I HATE automount. Click to mount is fine, but

[DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-07-27 Thread Svante Signell
On Sun, 2015-07-26 at 23:17 -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote: That's a very gracious offer, Steve, and I'm sure it will be greatly appreciated. =) If I might say so, I HATE automount. Click to mount is fine, but automounting peripheral drives like jump drives, CDs and whatnot is an inexcusable

Re: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager

2015-07-27 Thread Jaromil
On Mon, 27 Jul 2015, Svante Signell wrote: On Sun, 2015-07-26 at 23:17 -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote: If I might say so, I HATE automount. Click to mount is fine, but automounting peripheral drives like jump drives, CDs and whatnot is an inexcusable security risk, in my opinion, even under a