On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 04:53:15AM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote: > All in all, I'm finding Linux (esp. combined with KDE) to be quite a > usable desktop, now that I'm thinking from a relative computer-newbie's > perspective (e.g., my dad).
On that note, another thing that goes a long way toward usability (esp. from a newbie's perspective) is autofs. For those not in the know, here's a good description ripped from the Debian autofs package: Description: A kernel-based automounter for Linux Autofs controls the operation of the automount daemons. The automount daemons automatically mount filesystems when they are used and unmount them after a period of inactivity. This is done based on a set of pre-configured maps. I mention this now because not only does it go hand-in-hand with removable flash drives, but Kyle Rankin over at nblug recently put together a killer autofs writeup. It's a good basic walkthrough, and also covers some more interesting stuff such automounting filesystems over the lufs[1] VFS layers ftpfs and sshfs. To save Kyles DSL bandwidth, here's the version of his writeup approriated by Arstechnica: <http://www.arstechnica.com/etc/linux/linux.ars-20040211-2.html> Enjoy! -troy [1] Linux Userland Filesystem, <http://lufs.sourceforge.net/lufs/> _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
