Matthias Ettrich: The KDE-Man! (EFYtimes) [LWN.net]

Matthias Ettrich: The KDE-Man! (EFYtimes)

Posted Mar 22, 2008 8:24 UTC (Sat) by dale77 (subscriber, #1490)
In reply to: Matthias Ettrich: The KDE-Man! (EFYtimes) by job
Parent article: Matthias Ettrich: The KDE-Man! (EFYtimes)

Does linux software have to be a perfect clone? No, but I am used to "missing something" in my
linux experience of various applications. I can't ever recall having "more" on linux than the
functionality available on windows, at least in an area that mattered to me.

Here I am talking about the utility of particular apps. I do appreciate the usefulness of the
linux platform in general as an alternative to windows. But wouldn't it be great if linux was
leading the way, as opposed to playing catch-up to the windows lead.

Linux is great for my interest as a hobby, and certainly provides the opportunity for skilled
people to build a better app using the source from the community. Has that opportunity been
realized yet?

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Matthias Ettrich: The KDE-Man! (EFYtimes)

Posted Mar 26, 2008 14:09 UTC (Wed) by oak (guest, #2786) [Link]

I haven't really used Windows for over 10 years (even at work), so I'm 
basing this on Wikipedia article on WinMerge:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinMerge

The main things the Linux alternatives seem to be missing are being able 
to edit the files being diffed&merged and handling of multiple files.  Are 
these the features you're missing from Meld or KDiff3?


> Remote desktop in windows has this nifty feature where you can bring 
your local resources with you to the remote. Just check a box on the 
connect dialog and once connected \\tsclient\C in explorer will show you 
your C drive... Can do in X?

Not in X, but otherwise it shouldn't be a problem as that's something 
needed in LTSP setups.  I believe It should work out of the box on 
Edubuntu:
http://www.edubuntu.org/UsingEdubuntu

...as it's handbook:
http://doc.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/edubuntu/handbook/C/custom...

says this:
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LOCALDEV  
This parameter enables local devices support, like CD's and USB sticks. 
Users plugging them in should see them on the desktop, after they've been 
added to the fuse group on the server. You can do this by going to: 
System->Administration->Users and Groups selecting the user, clicking 
on "Properties", the going into the "User Privileges" tab, and making sure 
the "Allow use of FUSE filesystems..." box is checked. The default is: Y.
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