Re: GMC Network

[Matthew Kirkwood <weejock ferret lmh ox ac uk>]

On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Fox, Kevin M wrote:

> I am on a Winsuck network. :(
> If Gnome is to be a replacement to windows, GMC must provide a "Network
> Neighborhood"
> And it must support SMB. Samba would be a good thing to tie into GMC.
> Personally I hate SMB compared to NCP but I cant do anything about that at
> work.
> For the enterprises to use Gnome, they must be able to just point and click
> there way through the network. Most business people don't know the names of
> there servers... They can only remember it if they see it.

So write a gnome tool or capplet which can configure autofs and amd and
also provide .desktop files and symlinks to such things.  Or, if you
/really/ must, incorporate an smb client into gmc.

The Gnome people are working very hard and doing a great job.  Please
refrain from telling them what they "must" do.  If you need a feature
then write it, pay someone to write it, or ask nicely if it might get
added to a TODO list somewhere.

If you're not prepared to hack then test, post helpfully, or lurk.
"Insights" such as your posting help no-one.

Matthew.