Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 03, 2006 06:17 AM
I had no trouble installing libdvdcss - worked fine. Has nothing to do with the problem of automatically running KMPlayer or Totem on insertion of a video DVD in the drive.
Moe importantly, the issue with the KDE window appears to involve the system setup of the device names, although I could be wrong about that. If true, that would imply a disconnect between Mandriva's standard device naming and the KDE libraries - an issue that should be addressed by both Mandriva and KDE.
Pointing fingers at the other guy's software is what Microsoft does. Linux doesn't have that excuse because it's ALL open source.
Firefox 2.0 is OUT NOW. I installed Mandriva from its current mirrors the other day. How much trouble is it to supply Firefox 2.0 directly from the mirrors? If it's too much trouble, then don't bother supplying an older version - force everybody to download from the Firefox site. It's that simple.
As for iptables, I KNOW what it's for. The issue is whether a system service is being announced properly and whether documentation as to the interaction of those services is available and comprehensible to the end user.
Shorewall uses iptables to configure Netfilter. This in itself is complicated, but understandable. Not clearly reporting the state of the firewall on a GUI level for an end user who may not be proficient in "service iptables status" CLI commands, or providing a means to monitor the firewall performance at the GUI level is inadequate system design.
Do YOU want to run a system where you aren't SURE the firewall is running properly?
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Re:Don't Try To Upgrade Mandriva 2006 to 2007
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 03, 2006 06:17 AMMoe importantly, the issue with the KDE window appears to involve the system setup of the device names, although I could be wrong about that. If true, that would imply a disconnect between Mandriva's standard device naming and the KDE libraries - an issue that should be addressed by both Mandriva and KDE.
Pointing fingers at the other guy's software is what Microsoft does. Linux doesn't have that excuse because it's ALL open source.
Firefox 2.0 is OUT NOW. I installed Mandriva from its current mirrors the other day. How much trouble is it to supply Firefox 2.0 directly from the mirrors? If it's too much trouble, then don't bother supplying an older version - force everybody to download from the Firefox site. It's that simple.
As for iptables, I KNOW what it's for. The issue is whether a system service is being announced properly and whether documentation as to the interaction of those services is available and comprehensible to the end user.
Shorewall uses iptables to configure Netfilter. This in itself is complicated, but understandable. Not clearly reporting the state of the firewall on a GUI level for an end user who may not be proficient in "service iptables status" CLI commands, or providing a means to monitor the firewall performance at the GUI level is inadequate system design.
Do YOU want to run a system where you aren't SURE the firewall is running properly?
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