20 Dec
2009
20 Dec
'09
9:54 a.m.
Le Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:10:29 +0100,
Frédéric Perrin
Le vendredi 18 à 10:24, RedShift a écrit :
Things like enumerating all hardware devices, configuring a network interface, drawing a window, ejecting the CD-ROM drive, getting notified about new hardware plugged in, etc... It's different on every operating system.
Isn't it one of the goals of hal ? It does exist outside of Linux (in FreeBSD for instance: http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html).
The problem is that it's deprecated. But you have a point that the FreeDesktop initiative tries to fulfill part of those wishes. -- catwell