On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 10:19:46AM -0400, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 4:43 AM, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 09:47:56AM +0200, Krzysztof Lichota wrote: >> >> There is already system for handling that - /etc/alternatives/. According >> >> to my Dapper installation it already contains 240 commands with >> >> alternatives. >> > >> > I am familiar with it. You'll find that about half of those are man pages, >> > not commands. But do you know how users can discover, in the desktop, what >> > those settings are and change them? You can't. >> >> Galternatives could be included instead of having to use the voodoo >> "sudo update-alternatives --config java" (I think...haven't done that >> one in a while). > > In my opinion, nothing as esoteric as alternatives should be exposed in the > desktop, any more than should reordering symlinks in /etc/rc?.d.
Isn't that what System -> Administration -> Services is? -- Mackenzie Morgan Linux User #432169 ACM Member #3445683 http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com <-my blog of Ubuntu stuff apt-get moo -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
