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E.g., to follow network time, I'd like a +</I>>><i> "follow network time" on/off checkbox instead of knowing to install +</I>>><i> ntpd, configuring it, ensuring it starts up when needed, follows IP +</I>>><i> address changes, etc. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> In order to follow time change, you need a dedicated program, so it makes +</I>><i> sense to install a package, and to configure it. You can it manually, with +</I>><i> any kind of fancy configuration wizard, no problem. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> In order to have a 'guest user', which usually means a passwordless user, +</I>><i> you don't need any additional software, you just need to configure your +</I>><i> computer. Hence my point than using a package to automatically performing +</I>><i> those configuration changes doesn't make sense, and than either a plain +</I>><i> documentation, or another fancy configuration wizard would work as well. +</I>><i> +</I> +One of the strong points of Mandrake/Mandriva which was advertized +everywhere was that a novice user was able to install the system +without any "expert's" help while at the same time it was ready to be +used by an expert with all the tinkering and customization an expert +would love to spend his time on. Mageia 1 met this level. + +I would be very disappointed (to say the least) if this "two lane +road" would be narrowed down, whether it would be towards a fast lane +or a side road. + +xguest is a must have for many (example: everybody who takes his +machine to events or to demo Mageia anywhere). Adding it after +installation is not as easy as adding a regular user - xguest has +special features (like only temporary saving of changes/new +documents). So having a rpm which does that for you is one of the +"nice to have" things which makes the distribution userfriendly. + +-- +wobo +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="012155.html">[Mageia-dev] xguest and the display manager +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="012149.html">[Mageia-dev] xguest and the display manager +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#12150">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#12150">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#12150">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#12150">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |