Aaron Konstam wrote:
I agree 100% with one of his beefs. Laptop touchpad sensitivity.
When I'm
typing (and as I touch-type around 50 wpm, the keyboard is really a
humming)
often the cursor will jump to where the i-beam for the mouse is;
ooops, left
click. But I didn't touch the touchpad. Aggravating as all get
out. (And
if someone knows a way to turn that down, please let me know, as
I've not run
across the setting yet).
It seems to me that Mossberg has identified a terrific business
oportunity. Someone for $50-$100 will configure all the things he feels
currently are obscure to configure. It only has to be configured once
and then mass copied.
That's almost the model that I foresee actually working for whatever
unix-like system implements it first. Make the package manager just a
bit smarter and add a 'publish' button somewhere so a person who had
configured a nicely working system could export his installed package
list and custom configuration settings, and it would result in a URL
that anyone else could click to duplicate that setup slightly more
closely than matching kickstart installs would. That way someone could
tweak a machine to someone like Mossberg's satisfaction, he could push a
button, and the next day a million people could be running "Mossberg's
recommended Linux". Or the same for someone who actually knows how to
configure a linux box...
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Les Mikesell
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