Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > Rex Dieter wrote: > >> So, please comment on what you consider to be core requirements when it >> comes to: >> 1. packagekit frontend/integration >> 2. networkmanager frontend >> 3. bluetooth device support >> 4. phonon backend >> 5. anything else you can think of... > > I don't know, as a day-to-day home computer user, what I can suggest that might be > useful, but, off the top of my head: > > 1. packagekit: I did not particularly like the one version a while back that relied > on smart. It never worked. Then there was another version, which appeared to be the > same program (very confusing) that integrated into the system-settings. Neither did > anything. What I find missing in all of these package managers is the ability to > explore the repositories. Package management is not simply about updating installed > software, but also about perusing the repo and discovering other programs one might > like to install. Way back in kde2 or kde3, there used to be such a program (I don't > recall if it was an apt frontend, or what it was) that allowed one to click on > every available program and be shown a description of the program, all of the files > it provided and all of the dependencies required. This type of package management > is sorely lacking. One should be able to find packages, not just in groups, like > games, development, etc., but also individually. Yes, the list would be many > thousands long, but when you don't know what it is called, you don't know what it > does and you don't even know that it exists until you spot it, how can you search > for it? Smart does all that. Its predecessor was Synaptic. I've used them since ~FC3. RPMfusion at least offers repoview, but fedoraproject no longer does (or if > it does, it is impossible to view, because you are always automatically directed to > some mirror site that doesn't implement it). > > 2. networkmanager: the gnome icon in the system tray works splendidly here. Does > absolutely everything have to be duplicated? But, if it does, then I would think it > should be, at a minimum, as functional as the current system. I like it in the > system tray, as having a plasmoid for this uses up too much space on the panel. > > 3. bluetooth: I have never had any bluetooth devices, so it would be hard to > comment, but they should be automatically detected both when they are present and > when they get out of range/are removed. I definitely dislike any kind of system > that allows only root to mount/unmount or attach and remove devices. If I plug a > device in, then I should be able to use it. It's my computer! > > 4. phonon: I prefer xine, but ultimately what is important is that it be able to > play any file I encounter. > > 5. ? This is always the hardest question. I am sure I have a gripe somewhere, but > it evades me. I think we could take that as meaning that things are really very > good ;-) Reading some other comments might jog my memory. No set-up and just works > are important to me in every aspect of computer use (although I do highly value the > intricate set-up capabilities of kde, when I feel like customizing to get it just > so). > > I hope this helps. >
