On Sunday 01 September 2002 00:42, Christopher Young wrote:
> With that in mind, if there was one change in KDE I would PUSH and PUSH a=
nd
> PUSH for, this is it.

<rant class=3D'kind of'>
It concerns the most important shortcoming of Linux in general: lack of a=20
central point of easy administration. For desktop users this is more=20
important than support for the lastest hardware (people can wait for this a=
nd=20
work with basic functionality, but they can't do anything if they can't=20
configure their videocard to display anything more than a console), the=20
lastest eyecandy from GNOME and KDE, the new features and supported codecs =
of=20
mplayer, easy font configuration in X, transparent SAMBA filesharing, etc..=
=20
etc. But because of X, KDE and GNOME's crossplatform nature they refuse to=
=20
provide configuration tools because they wouldn't work on other platforms.
</rant>

Luckily Ximian has recognised this problem and is created a set of tools fo=
r=20
this purpose. Now known as the GNOME Setup Tools=20
(http://www.gnome.org/projects/gst/). They're divided into a front- and=20
backend to allow other UI toolkits to be used.

=2D wvl
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