Killer Feature?

[Derek Broughton]

Rocco Stanzione wrote:

> For me, and I suspect more than a few others, one feature that would
> drastically improve my computing experience has been in Windows for many
> years.  The possibility has existed in Linux but (to my knowledge) has
> never been implemented.
> 
> When I turn on my laptop, I want it to notice whether it's docked.  If it
> is
> docked, is it at home or at work?  If at home (and docked) I want one
> configuration - maybe I have a second monitor connected to the docking
> station.  
...
> I've looked at the whereami package, and it 
> seems to have most of the necessary pieces.  I think that package deserves
> some attention and a gui configurator or two.  The good news is, I'm
> pretty sure this could be written in python, ruby or perl and plugged
> right into a
> Gnome or KDE systemsettings type app.  What do you guys think, and what's
> your missing killer feature?

I completely agree with you - both that whereami actually does this, and
that we need a gui config tool.  aiui, network-manager is supposed to
(eventually) be the tool for this - both in gnome and KDE, but it's far
from ready for prime-time.
-- 
derek