[mdlug] External Hard Drives: Mounting, Unmounting, Partial Mounting?

[Robert Adkins]

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> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Elisa Gomez
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 2:11 PM
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> Subject: Re: [mdlug] External Hard Drives: Mounting, 
> Unmounting,Partial Mounting?
> 
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> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:56:50 -0500
> From: Aaron Kulkis <akulkis3 at hotpop.com>
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] External Hard Drives: Mounting, 
> Unmounting, Partial Mounting?
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> [blahblahblah]
> > 
> > So now it should be mounted, correct? But that's not 
> reflected in X. 
> > There's nothing graphical to
> indicate
> > that it's mounted and I can't save a file (in X, I don't 
> know how to 
> > do it via the command line) to the drive or anything. Can I 
> rename it 
> > manually so it stops renaming itself every time I suspend?
> > 
> > ~Elisa
> 
> > I use openSuSe and KDE, and everything
> JustWorks(tm).
> 
> Well. That's not terribly helpful ;) 
> 
> But I *am* considering switching from Ubuntu. There are a lot 
> of things that irk me about it, mainly that I can't have a 
> damn root account. I'd like to be able to just log in as 
> root, get a bunch of system-affecting tasks done and log back 
> out like a normal person without having to sudo this and sudo 
> that and reenter my password every 15 minutes. Drives me nuts.
> 
> And I *like* Gnome! I tried KDE briefly -- wasn't for me, it 
> reminded me too much of Macs.
> 
> ~E
> 
> ~Elisa
> 

	I'm not dissing GNOME, as it is a great desktop for what it is
aiming at. GNOME is geared towards making he user experience as "easy" and
"simple" as possible. It's aimed quite squarely at new computer users and
"regular" users. In this, GNOME does a most excellent job and is well worth
praising.

	KDE, on the other hand, is aimed at Power Users and Admin types.
There are built-in tools and functionality that allow one to use Access
Control Lists on files, which Linux has supported for quite a few years.
(GNOME lacks this, as it is an "advanced" concept.)

	Both desktops are tools. Both contain different tools. Both are
aimed at different user bases. I wouldn't say that either one is
significantly better than the other. They both have their strengths and
weaknesses. 

	-Rob