[H-GEN] Win XP roaming profiles with Linux?

[David Duffy]

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>On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:07, R&J Stuart shared the following ideas:
> > I'm not saying that joining a network should be required for XP, but
> > that it seems silly to completely remove it.  And no, it doesn't compare
> > to say RH selling server versions vs personal versions, they don't
> > cripple the SW by doing that.

Sandra:
>Networking is still there, however it's setup by use of a wizard. In fact,
>most things are setup by using a wizard in Windows XP Home. It's been 'dumbed
>down' for the home user. In some cases this is good, as it allows less
>knowledgable users to take a bit of control, however I've not heard of a way
>to turn this 'feature' off, so it ends up being a bit condescending for power
>users. I think it's rather unfair to have around $200 price difference
>between knowing how to setup your own machine and relying on the wizards to
>ask you all the right questions.

I've turned off a lot of the XP 'enhancements'. (magic menu's and the like)
Networking just worked first up probably because the Linux box does DHCP
and the like. I don't think I've used many (maybe only 1 or 2) of the wizards.
David...


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