On 02/11/10 08:45, Natalie Hooper wrote:
Just wondering if any of you read Linux Format's 24 Things we'd change
about Linux (issue 137) and what your thoughts were? It got me thinking
about what I'd like to see changed in Linux so I wrote a blog post about it
(see link below).
(1) Create a way to share files between machines on a LAN really easily
that doesn't hang the system if the network goes away. SAMBA is too
complex. sshfs can hang a whole machine if a network goes down.
NFS soft mounts?
cheers,
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hi Natalie,
I never said automated GUIs. CLI options can be presented in a GUI with
documentation available when you click the ? button for example. There is
no need to dumb anything down, just to be a bit more graphical in the way an
app interact with the user (who may choose to use the CLI
On 03/11/2010 12:41, jr wrote:
I'd suggest that one area where we would benefit from improvements is
better integration with Windoze, particularly the MS Exchange/Outlook
combo (as mentioned earlier, though that's obviously not Linux kernel
territory).
I wondered about this for a while and
On 3 November 2010 12:49, Simon P Smith simon.sm...@askitsdone.co.uk wrote:
I wondered about this for a while and then discovered the lightening
plugin for thundebird.
Now I have multiple networked calendars (including some google ones)
integrated and
shared with free/busy time (caldav).
On 03/11/2010 12:41, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote:
On 03/11/10 11:04, Justin Stringfellow wrote:
(1) Create a way to share files between machines on a LAN really easily
that doesn't hang the system if the network goes away. SAMBA is too
complex. sshfs can hang a whole machine if a network goes
On 03/11/10 15:22, Justin Stringfellow wrote:
sounds like you need the automounter, then!
I dunno if it's the same on linux, but on solaris, the default automount
configuration allows you to browse any other nfs server on your network
via /net/hostname/nfs_share without prior configuration.
For the help and guidance last night.
I managed to get rid of this slow shrinking of applications on screen
when minimized and also the small Desktop window by going to settings,
Workspace appearance, and disabling Desktop effects. I did not need to
load the proprietary drivers. (I Couldn't find
On 3 November 2010 10:31, John Carlyle-Clarke j...@wormdrive.net wrote:
My list would be:
(2) Create something to rival and improve on Remote Desktop on Windows.
VNC, remote X11 and No Machine don't quite do it, although all of them are
good in some ways.
have you tried 'rdesktop(1)' John?
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