Re: (clug-talk) Should the unix fs be hidden from desktop users?

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I'm all for hiding the FS but my only fear with that is that some distributions might take it too far. If the FS is going to be hidden to the average user, that option would also need to be easily turned off for power users and administrators. Actually, it probably makes sense to have FS hiding set on by default for normal user accounts, but disabled for Root accounts.

Anyway, just a thought.

:-)

Brian H.


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From: S�bastien Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Should the unix fs be hidden from desktop users?
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:23:53 -0700

I don't personally think that the 'It can be explained easilly enough'
argument is a very good one, if someone told you 'You have to hit the clutch
pedal three times, then turn on your brights on then off, before gearing into
reverse' you probably would think they were insane, or trying to sell you
some sort of american car. There's no reason why a user need to look at
files in /usr/lib (for example) unless he's a developer or he knows what he's
doing...and in which case probably knows how to use a terminal. I like the
idea of devices appearing onto the desktop, one rarelly cares where the
device is actually mounted.


Le 26 Novembre 2002 12:04, vous avez �crit :
> One of the first things I noticed when I first tried MacOS X was that you
> would never know that it was a Unix system unless you opened a terminal and
> hit cd /;ls I think that Apple has achieved a good balance between keeping
> the layout easy to understand for users of their classic system, while
> still retaining the traditional Unix infrastructure of the system.
> I just finnished reading a paper at
> http://evolvedoo.sourceforge.net/abstract/index.html which argues that the
> same thing should be done with the Linux desktop. I understand that the
> Linux file hierarchy can be confusing to users of MacOS classic and
> Windows, but I think that if it is explained correctly it is not too hard
> to understand at least the basics (ie. your files go in you $HOME dir,
> removable media can be accessed under /mnt, etc.). I was wondering what
> people on the list think. Do we need to hide the basics of the OS in order
> to make it more user friendly?
>
> Jesse

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