RE: [Cooker] What's the use of DrakConf?
Not really true. There are already tools in the KDE-Control-Panel which require root-access (the Laptop/Powermanagement-settings). It also manages some "general" settings (like Time/Date). Also in most other operating systems (eg. Mac, Windows, Beos) there is a central "Control-Panel" for both system-settings and "interface-settings". Since many users come from those "different" OSes the approach of having several different places to search for a tool (What about time-zone - this is a traditionally user-level setting? What about Font-Installation - this is usually quite desktop-interface related?) is making the computer look too complex by far... Also keep in mind that even DrakConf accesses external tools like LinuxConf which duplicate features... The problem of having features only available to root is easily solved by adding a small "lock"-icon (see http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/shot2.html) to the control-panel-applet which allows a user to "su" (or in this case propably kdesu) to root. Finally Corel did this, too, in their distribution. It's quite handy to have all settings in one place... Michael Kaixo! On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 02:45:06PM +0200, Michael Beurskens wrote: Or even better: Integrate the features of the DrakConf-Tools into the control-panels/-centers of KDE and Gnome... I don't think it is necessarly a good idea. DrakConf includes tools to manage the system/hardware/distribution; they need root access, and are very specific to the distribution. Gnome/KDE/whatever control panels manage their own GUI environment and user setting, they don't need special privileges, and they are independent of the distribution (only of the GUI environment). Those are qite different things, and it is nice to have them separated I think. -- Ki ça vos våye bén, Pablo Saratxaga http://www.srtxg.easynet.be/PGP Key available, key ID: 0x8F0E4975
Re: [Cooker] What's the use of DrakConf?
On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 07:15:22AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is DrakConf useful? It looks like it's just a program to start other configuration utilities. Wouldn't it be better to start these utilities through the standard menu system? That would certainly be a simpler solution, and it would slightly reduce the amount of software that needs to be maintained. Gosh! I resent this. DrakConf is meant to be an easier way to launch these utilities. It also give a feedback to the user, by explaining what an utility can actually configure. It also reduce the number of icons on the desktop. DindinX -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] HF Team
RE: [Cooker] What's the use of DrakConf?
Or even better: Integrate the features of the DrakConf-Tools into the control-panels/-centers of KDE and Gnome... Michael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 2:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] What's the use of DrakConf? Why is DrakConf useful? It looks like it's just a program to start other configuration utilities. Wouldn't it be better to start these utilities through the standard menu system? That would certainly be a simpler solution, and it would slightly reduce the amount of software that needs to be maintained. -- Matt Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.crosswinds.net/~mattcamp/ ICQ #: 33005941
Re: [Cooker] What's the use of DrakConf?
Kaixo! On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 02:45:06PM +0200, Michael Beurskens wrote: Or even better: Integrate the features of the DrakConf-Tools into the control-panels/-centers of KDE and Gnome... I don't think it is necessarly a good idea. DrakConf includes tools to manage the system/hardware/distribution; they need root access, and are very specific to the distribution. Gnome/KDE/whatever control panels manage their own GUI environment and user setting, they don't need special privileges, and they are independent of the distribution (only of the GUI environment). Those are qite different things, and it is nice to have them separated I think. -- Ki ça vos våye bén, Pablo Saratxaga http://www.srtxg.easynet.be/PGP Key available, key ID: 0x8F0E4975
