Re: graphical card management for OZ GPE/X

hi dan!

i currently setup my OE build enviorment, but if you can see in the 
mailinglist archives
there is some progress with matchbox-applet-cards.

see: Fixing matchbox-applet-cards mails.

regards,
 patrick

Dan MacDonald wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm sure at least some of you on this list are already
> aware that the lack of a graphical card management
> applet for easily (un)mounting cards and turning
> on/off wifi cards is what I deem OZ's biggest failing
> in its current release from my recent postings on the
> OESF forums.
>
> There are two existing solutions to this that I'm
> aware of- matchbox-card-applet and DeviceHandler (part
> of the ROX desktop tools). The matchbox-card-applet is
> already in the OZ feeds but is badly broken- it lists
> the internal microdrive when it shouldn't, doesn't
> show other devices correctly and crashes X when you
> try to use it. I've not heard from anyone who has
> tried DeviceHandler under OZ so I don't know if it
> works or would require patching (probably) to work
> properly.
>
> lardman (Si) has pointed out that mb-card-applet makes
> use of copyrighted images but these can easily be
> removed or replaced without any loss of functionality.
> A green/red light next to the device name would be
> good enough. 
>
> Has any progress been made addressing this very
> important usability issue? As I've said already on the
> forums, I believe getting this sorted out would be a
> big step towards converting many (including myself)
> from cacko/sharp to OZ/GPE.
>
> I think OE/OZ is an amazing project, as important as
> Debian or any other major software project so I'd like
> to congratulate all you guys on what you're doing for
> computing. I'd like to buy an OZ t-shirt to make a
> small contribution to its development and to help
> raise awareness of it. Do you do such a thing?
>
> dan
>
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