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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
