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Re: mounting without GUI folder



On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 10:56 -0500, John Miller wrote:
> Hey there, M,
> 
> I think you might be looking for:
> Preferences -> Removable Drives and Media -> Storage -> "Browse
> removable media when inserted"

aha, never thought it might apply to HDs too ;)
thanks!

> I don't know of a way to keep the disk icon from appearing on the
> desktop, though.

that one is much less of an issue.

> FYI, GNOME isn't really a window manager, it's a desktop environment. 
> It provides standardized file icons, panels, and a way for applications
> to talk to each other, but it still relies on a separate window manager
> (metacity by default, but you can choose from a whole bunch of other
> GNOME-compliant window managers).  The window manager is the program
> that says how windows will be drawn and how they'll behave.  For
> example, the window manager defines how a window will be minimized,
> maximized, closed, etc.  GNOME works on top of the window manager.

Yes I still need to get to grips with this terminology/distinction! And
to try other than metacity...

thanks, Michael



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