Le Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:10:29 +0100, Frédéric Perrin <frederic.perrin@xxxxxxxx> a écrit : > Le vendredi 18 à 10:24, RedShift a écrit : > > Things like enumerating all hardware > > devices, configuring a network interface, drawing a window, ejecting > > the CD-ROM drive, getting notified about new hardware plugged in, > > etc... It's different on every operating system. > > Isn't it one of the goals of hal ? It does exist outside of Linux (in > FreeBSD for instance: <http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html>). The problem is that it's deprecated. But you have a point that the FreeDesktop initiative tries to fulfill part of those wishes. -- catwell