That's the great thing about a mailing list--someone can always point out something you've missed. Take the hat tip, Trevor. We ought to turn this mailing list into a blog. Any ideas? Temlakos On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 00:41, Trevor Smith wrote: > On October 7, 2004 4:06 pm, Temlakos wrote: > > OK, here's my best shot: > > > C:\ = ??? in linux system > > > > The best equivalent of C:\ is simply /, the root directory. Even that is > ... > > Wow, that was some great info! I have been using Linux off and on for about 6 > yrs and nearly exclusively for over a year now and I think I might hold onto > your email for future reference! > > But just a few notes... :-) > > > to mount, by and large--except that in Gnome, the usual desktop we use, > > I assume you mean "we who use Gnome" since many of us use KDE. The original > author may be interested to know that there are two very good desktop > environments for Linux that are maturing very rapidly. > > > CD-ROM disks mount automatically, because Gnome has a routine to do > > that. But: you cannot just eject a CD any time you please. You have to > > *unmount* the CD before you may eject it. (Last time I checked, FC2's > > version of Gnome automatically ejects a CD as soon as you unmount it.) > > And just to note, although the OS itself is much pickier about > mounting/unmounting CDs before viewing/ejecting than Windows is, with KDE it > is a simple matter to open (including automatically mounting first) a CD and > to eject it (including automatically unmounting it). It's pretty much as > simple as it would be in Windows when using the KDE desktop. SO don't get too > worried about the furry details of OS-level or command line mounting and > unmounting of CDs. Likely with Gnome and KDE that is rapidly becoming a thing > of the past for casual end users. > > As for the rest of Temlakos post, enjoy it, it's a great read! > > -- > Trevor Smith // trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
