Re: [devel] Opinions for network interface configuration dialog

On May 18, 2004 03:28 am, Juan Luis Baptiste wrote:
> In the last one, the idea is to only show bootp protocol when being in
> "Advanced" mode, or could it be removed at all? I haven't seen any place
> where a desktop user can use bootp protocol to configure it's network
> interface, I think nowadays bootp is only used with thin clients (so it's a
> different kind of setup, not for common desktop users)?

Be very aware... 'is only used with thin clients' might come back to haunt 
you.. :) Thin Client is driving Linux at the Desktop for us..  and our 
clients.. so it is VERY important.   However, the users don't usually need to 
configure anything.. So I wouldn't sweat it in this case..

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