Some points/issues to discuss about the desktop

[John]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:

>I've tested kudzu, and I don't find it very friendly.  It prompts the user
>about all sorts of hardware that they don't need to know about (USB hubs,
>even devices it calls "unknown").  We should do something in this area, but
>I don't think kudzu would be a good base for it.  Rather, a modern
>equivalent would interface with hal, which should greatly improve its
>usability.
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What do you expect of a South American weed:-)

I used  to slam Kudzu (on RH lists) pretty harshly, but more recent 
versions are much improved. If a device is "unknown" I'd guess, like this:
0000:00:09.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. 
HPT366/368/370/370A/372 (rev 01)
it's not in the relevant database.

I'm sure Kudzu isn't perfect, but it sure beats Woody.

Hotplug I like, but I do worry over messages like these:
Sony CDU-535: probing base address 340
Did not find a Sony CDU-535 drive
Sony CDU-535: probing base address 340
Did not find a Sony CDU-535 drive

Aren't those seriously _old_? They predate my use of CDs on OS/2!!

There's not even a slot in that box to plug in an ISA card.