[Lias] Linux on the desktop - NO?

[Simon Bryan]

Craig Ringer said:

>> I get many web browser crashes (java related I think - especially with Galeon)
>> that
>> lock the session and persist beyond a logoff and login. The only solution I have
>> found is to delete and re-create the user directory, which is not very
>> satisfactory!
>
> I've never had Mozilla lock up since Macromedia fixed the flash5 SHM
> bug. Flash 6 is /required/ for network transparent X, and flash 5 will
> crash your browser. Other than that, it's been rock-solid.
>
>> Difficult, if not impossible, to 'map' drives so that users can get data from a
>> range of sources.
Suggestions seem to be to use KDE and either Knoqueror or Opera. I liked Galeon
simply because it was a small footprint browser only.

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> The best solution I've found is to have a system-wide automount in
> /smb/$HOSTNAME, giving users access to public/shared directories. I
> posted in more detail about this on the perth linux user group list
> (archives at http://www.cantech.net.au/plug/ ). Here's one I posted a
> while ago:
We do have a shared area they can all access but in a school we also need to have
private directories





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OLMC Parramatta