[Gllug] On Linux desktops...

Nix nix at esperi.demon.co.uk
Sat Oct 20 17:14:32 UTC 2001


On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, David Damerell stated:
> On , 18 Oct 2001, mike wrote:
>>Assuming most people here have compiled a kernel - what is the
>>difference in reality between menuconfig (curses/UI/Text) and xconfig
>>(GUI) re: ease of use - AFAIK THERE IS IS NONE.
> 
> Oh, there is; it's a pain to push the mouse around with xconfig, and
> it's wasteful of screen real estate. :-)

And it's very buggy and often forgets to display lots of applicable
options and is almost unmaintainable.

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 between a pair of trousers and a desk.' --- Kieran, to me

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