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<H1>[Mageia-dev] xguest and the display manager</H1>
<B>Guillaume Rousse</B>
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<I>Mon Feb 20 16:01:46 CET 2012</I>
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<PRE>Le 20/02/2012 15:45, Olav Vitters a écrit :
><i> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:59:02AM +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
</I>>><i> No. Configuring a user computer should be left to end-user, not to
</I>>><i> packagers providing 'just click here' blackbox solutions.
</I>>><i> Documenting how to achieve the same result manually, and outlining
</I>>><i> consequences, would be a far better solution toward user awareness.
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</I>><i> I just want to get something done, I don't want to have to care about
</I>><i> the details (not interested). 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>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.
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