Ubuntu by default includes a Palm Pilot sync tool and an HP printer configuration tool.I'm wondering why we need vendor-specific tools like these in the default install.
Gnome-pilot is limited to dealing with only Palm devices, and for this reason, someone submitted a bug asking that it be removed.[1] That bug is currently full of arguments and people who don't even use Palm devices are saying that it should stay because syncing a PDA is important and they wish their PDA could sync with Ubuntu. Wouldn't the appropriate way to address this be to have a PDA-syncing application that could work with their Nokia, Apple, Google, RIM, and yes, Palm, devices? Having a Palm-only syncing application included by default still leaves the majority of PDA & smartphone users stuck trying to find a way to make their device work. HP printers can be configured just fine with the included printer configuration tool, though I admit the included one cannot show ink levels. Why not just add that to the default one? If Brother put out a tool like this for their printers, would we include both, just HP's, or neither? How many vendor-specific apps will we acquire (and delegate CD space to) before we realize it makes sense to just have one that handles all devices of that type? [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/334446 -- Mackenzie Morgan http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com apt-get moo
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