Re: Proposal for inclusion of gmodconfig in GNOME 2.5

[Cyril Bortolato <borto users sourceforge net>]

Hi Christian,

I think sometimes non-technical users do need to be able to change
the configuration of some modules (webcams, printers, sound cards...)
without having to learn how to edit /etc/modules.conf.

However as Sean also pointed out this tool is indeed too Linux
specific, so GNOME may not be the right place.

Thanks for the feedback,
Cyril

Christian Schaller wrote:
> Hi Cyril,
> I think gmodconfig seems like a great tool. But I also 
> think it is to specialized to belong in GNOME itself.
> I mean the GNOME desktop collection of software is meant
> to be the 'perfect' desktop for joe average/the non-technical user. And
> joe average should definetly not fiddle with his kernel modules himself.
>
> I think the kind of people who want/need/should have gmodconfig will
> find and install it themselves. 
>
> Christian
>
> On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 11:09, Cyril Bortolato wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just released version 0.5 of gmodconfig. I would
> > like to propose it for inclusion in GNOME 2.5.
> >
> > This tool provides a simple way for end-users to
> > download, install, configure and update Linux kernel
> > modules, in the language of their choosing, through
> > a GNOME interface. The static part of the GUI was
> > done with Glade2.
> >
> > The module configuration part of the tool passed the
> > "mom & dad" test successfully :-)
> >
> > For more details please see:
> > http://gmodconfig.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > Let me know what you think.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Cyril
> >
> >
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