On Wednesday 28 June 2006 15:27, Carlos E. R. wrote: <large snip>
it would be very simple to program it at a fixed hour, or a range of hours. Very simple, and easy to find the modification for a new admin. This could be documented somewhere, of course; but the SuSE manual does not teach Linux, that is assumed.
As I said, that's my point. For a server system, where you can assume that the user will be taking the time to examine the ins and outs of various apps as a learning exercise, this makes complete sense. For a desktop system, where the user wants something to work well while he gets a job done, it makes virtually no sense - if a process is important enough to run every day, it's important enough to tell the user about, and give him an option to change. It's the difference between running a computer as an end in itself (eg webhost or mailserver or IT support), and running a computer as a tool to (say) get your graphics project finished. I don't see anything wrong with making these things configurable. -- Pob hwyl / Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.kyfieithu.co.uk - KDE yn Gymraeg www.eurfa.org.uk - Geiriadur rhydd i'r Gymraeg www.rhedadur.org.uk - Rhedeg berfau Cymraeg www.cymrux.org.uk - Linux Cymraeg ar un CD -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com