I am currently running several desktop machines running Debian Woody, including various updates (KDE 3.1.1, etc.) for added usability.
Generally, Debian is great. For my personal usage, I can't see any reason for using anything else as a desktop machine. However, I would like to set up a Debian machine for a non-technical friend (lets call her "Mom"). For the most part, I see no problem in giving a Debian box to someone who knows (and cares) nothing about the techincal side of things. The great thing about Linux is that (for the most part) it just "works". However, I know I will have trouble convincing her when it comes to removeable media. For example, "Mom" has been using a computer for a long time and has boxes and boxes of floppies. And she needs to find that letter to Aunt Edith written on the 286 in 1991, and she is sure it is on a floppy in one of these boxes... In Windows, this is a matter of pop the disk in, View, Refresh, pop it out, repeat, until you find the disk you are looking for. In linux... I have never been able to figure out how best to do this. What would be the best way to achieve the same functionality in linux?? Automount?? If so, using what configuration?? I have tried different configurations, timeouts, etc. but there always seems to be something wrong (the "view" doesn't refresh properly, the CD won't eject, etc., etc.) Supermount?? Does it work yet? Regular Mount/Unmount? Probably. B. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
