[Mageia-dev] xguest and the display manager

[Guillaume Rousse]

Le 20/02/2012 15:45, Olav Vitters a écrit :
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:59:02AM +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
>> No. Configuring a user computer should be left to end-user, not to
>> packagers providing 'just click here' blackbox solutions.
>> Documenting how to achieve the same result manually, and outlining
>> consequences, would be a far better solution toward user awareness.
>
> I just want to get something done, I don't want to have to care about
> the details (not interested). E.g., to follow network time, I'd like a
> "follow network time" on/off checkbox instead of knowing to install
> ntpd, configuring it, ensuring it starts up when needed, follows IP
> address changes, etc.
In order to follow time change, you need a dedicated program, so it 
makes sense to install a package, and to configure it. You can it 
manually, with any kind of fancy configuration wizard, no problem.

In order to have a 'guest user', which usually means a passwordless 
user, you don't need any additional software, you just need to configure 
your computer. Hence my point than using a package to automatically 
performing those configuration changes doesn't make sense, and than 
either a plain documentation, or another fancy configuration wizard 
would work as well.

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