[Mageia-dev] xguest and the display manager

Mon Feb 20 16:01:46 CET 2012

Le 20/02/2012 15:45, Olav Vitters a écrit :
+> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:59:02AM +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
+>> No. Configuring a user computer should be left to end-user, not to
+>> packagers providing 'just click here' blackbox solutions.
+>> Documenting how to achieve the same result manually, and outlining
+>> consequences, would be a far better solution toward user awareness.
+>
+> I just want to get something done, I don't want to have to care about
+> the details (not interested). E.g., to follow network time, I'd like a
+> "follow network time" on/off checkbox instead of knowing to install
+> ntpd, configuring it, ensuring it starts up when needed, follows IP
+> address changes, etc.
+In order to follow time change, you need a dedicated program, so it 
+makes sense to install a package, and to configure it. You can it 
+manually, with any kind of fancy configuration wizard, no problem.
+
+In order to have a 'guest user', which usually means a passwordless 
+user, you don't need any additional software, you just need to configure 
+your computer. Hence my point than using a package to automatically 
+performing those configuration changes doesn't make sense, and than 
+either a plain documentation, or another fancy configuration wizard 
+would work as well.
+
+-- 
+BOFH excuse #355:
+
+Boredom in the Kernel.
+