[Flame Bait] - Linux as bloatware

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 11 April 2006 10:06, Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 21:36 -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
> > Also, btw, I do not like Fedora's new trend towards hiding stuff like
> > the CD/floppy, etc. (Just like Windoze!) Can't see what the earlier
> > model where one could actually see the path suffered from.
>
> In what way do you mean hiding them?
>
> The only difference I note between FC4 and prior versions is they're
> in /media rather than /mnt.  The reasoning behind that has been
> explained, and is quite clear.  Since all removable media now appears
> inside /media it's easy enough to find.  It's not as if you have to look
> in /mnt and /media to find things.
>
If you want quick and easy access, you can make a desktop link, with the 
program line saying
konqueror --profile devices media:/

(presumably substituting nautilus, if that's what you use).  There you can see 
which devices are present and whether they are mounted.

Anne
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