Re: gmc/libvfs suggestion for removable media

["Tom Jenkins" <TomJenkins zentuit com>]

> On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 06:56:39PM +0100, Matthias Warkus was heard to say:
> > > 
> > > ACK. You're completely right.
> > > Anyway, who wants to use Unix should learn what buffered I/O is and
> > > that stuff needs to be mounted and umounted.
> > > 
> > > mawa
> > 
> > What is the purpose of the Gnome project?  Am I misunderstanding something?
> 
> The purpose of the GNOME Project is to write an excellent desktop
> environment for the X Window System based entirely on Free Software.  The
> part I think you might be misunderstanding is the "for the X Window
> System" part.
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Actually, I think you read too much into the question.  I believe Daniel 
was commenting that GNOME is being positioned by the 
media/community as a user friendly desktop environment for geek & 
non-geeks alike.  Having as a precondition that the user learn what 
buffered I/O is, ahem, problematic.

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