GVFS (and maybe HAL) is using "thumb drive" or "USB drive". Disc is for stuff like CD or DVD.
See code in gvfs/monitor/hal/ghaldrive.c and, if i remember well, search on nautilus mailing list for a David Zeuther mail with him research about names to use. Besides the wikipedia statement "By August 2008, "USB flash drive" or simply "UFD" had emerged as a de facto standard term for these devices" don't seems to me really trustworthy, note the [citation need]... -- use the name USB flash drive instead of USB stick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275138 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
