From: "Joe Barr" 


Thanks, Bob.  Duly noted.

On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:10:06 +0000, Robert Comer wrote:

> Default user permissions might be another topic.  SUSE Linux is a bit
> weird in that it lets you set up mountpoints for your other partitions
> (FAT32 in my case), once everything's installed and you're logged on as a
> normal user (with icons for the FAT32 partitions on my desktop no less,)
> you cannot access these directories because of the mount permissions on
> them. A normal user would not have been able to "fix" this.
(and even I
> had to root around in the docs...)  I've never had any other distribution
> do this though...
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
> "Joe Barr"  wrote in message
> news:3de38a46$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>> Antti,
>>
>> Sorry if I sounded like I was looking for a fight.  I'm not.  In fact
>> your comments are becoming the kernel of a new column I am doing on
>> "culture shock" as people migrate or attempt to migrate
from Windows.
>>
>> So far I am writing about the problems of too much choice and the
>> apparently nonsensical naming of applications as the primary topics.
>>
>> Any other suggestions for inclusion on a piece on "culture shock"?
>>
>> See ya,
>> Joe Barr
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:44:29 +0200, Antti Kurenniemi wrote:
>>
>>
>> > (if you want to know more: I live in Finland, and after selecting my
>> > regional options in the installing phase, the keyboard layout was
>> > still wrong, the time zone was still wrong, and I had to go hunt for
>> > these settings around the place. I've installed Windows 2000 numerous
>> > times,
> and
>> > after selecting the right values during the installation phase, you'll
>> > never need to bother with them again. Though, a plus for Mandrake to
>> > at least having Finland on the lists...)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Antti Kurenniemi
>> > (not looking to pick a fight, just not agreeing with everything)
>>
>> --
>>
>>

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