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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: knewstuff
From:       Tom Burdick <tburdi1 () uic ! edu>
Date:       2008-03-17 1:58:33
Message-ID: 200803162058.33480.tburdi1 () uic ! edu
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some static link and perm magic perhaps ?

-Tom

On Sunday 16 March 2008 3:19:20 pm Jeremy Whiting wrote:
> On Sunday 16 March 2008 12:23:10 Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I am involved in lots of thin-client installations with many users on
> > the server for them.
> >
> > AFAIK, knewstuff installs additional data under the home directory of
> > the user. That's fine for most workstations except thind-client
> > installations and "family workstations".
> >
> > Imagine 20 users installing the same additional data. It's a waste of
> > bandwidth (still an important issue in countries like Namibia) and a
> > waste of storage space (always an issue on servers for thin clients).
> >
> > Isn't there a way for the system administrator to do this for the
> > whole system? It should, of course, also show as installed already if
> > a user tries to do so afterwards.
> >
> > If there isn't, it would be absolutely great if could be made so.
> >
> > Uwe
>
> Uwe,
>
> Yes, this is on my list of features to have implemented for 4.1.
>
> Jeremy
>
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