Re: Moving Along with Fedora!

From: Trevor Smith (trevor_at_haligonian.com)
Date: 10/08/04

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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 01:41:24 -0300

    On October 7, 2004 4:06 pm, Temlakos wrote:
    > OK, here's my best shot:
    > > C:\ = ??? in linux system
    >
    > The best equivalent of C:\ is simply /, the root directory. Even that is
    ...

    Wow, that was some great info! I have been using Linux off and on for about 6
    yrs and nearly exclusively for over a year now and I think I might hold onto
    your email for future reference!

    But just a few notes... :-)

    > to mount, by and large--except that in Gnome, the usual desktop we use,

    I assume you mean "we who use Gnome" since many of us use KDE. The original
    author may be interested to know that there are two very good desktop
    environments for Linux that are maturing very rapidly.

    > CD-ROM disks mount automatically, because Gnome has a routine to do
    > that. But: you cannot just eject a CD any time you please. You have to
    > *unmount* the CD before you may eject it. (Last time I checked, FC2's
    > version of Gnome automatically ejects a CD as soon as you unmount it.)

    And just to note, although the OS itself is much pickier about
    mounting/unmounting CDs before viewing/ejecting than Windows is, with KDE it
    is a simple matter to open (including automatically mounting first) a CD and
    to eject it (including automatically unmounting it). It's pretty much as
    simple as it would be in Windows when using the KDE desktop. SO don't get too
    worried about the furry details of OS-level or command line mounting and
    unmounting of CDs. Likely with Gnome and KDE that is rapidly becoming a thing
    of the past for casual end users.

    As for the rest of Temlakos post, enjoy it, it's a great read! 

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Trevor Smith // trevor@haligonian.com
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