On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Brendan wrote: > On Sunday 22 March 2009, Rajko M. wrote: > > On Sunday 22 March 2009 08:49:30 pm Jerry Houston wrote: > > > I love the ideas behind Linux, and particularly KDE on Linux, but out > > > of frustration I find myself returning to professionally-produced > > > operating systems for the most part. > > > > > > It may not be the answer for everyone, but it helps keep my blood > > > pressure under control. > > > > There are things that are easy in windows, and for some reason, they are > > complicated in Linux, like file sharing. Problem is that KDE can do only > > what underlaying system allows. For instance Samba, even today I got to > > fiddle with config files, add users etc, while in other OS, just mark > > folder as shared. > > Apples/Oranges. > > Two Windows systems: file sharing is fairly simple (SMB). > > Two Unix boxes: file sharing is fairly simple. (NFS) I haven't setup ether for quite some time now, but I think it is still true that system services are a bit slow when it comes to adopting runtime configuration options. CUPS is a notable exception having a configuration socket+protocol, but it would still help to have something like a D-Bus interface for common tasks. Cheers, Kevin -- Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer KDE user support, developer mentoring
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