interesting article, for all those who think Ubuntu is already easy

[Alexander Jacob Tsykin]

On Monday 29 May 2006 22:45, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Alexander Jacob Tsykin wrote:
> > On Saturday 27 May 2006 11:16, Derek Broughton wrote:
> >> >> And in that case it _is_ using the disk labels, but consider the case
> >> >> of
> >> >> using one PC to synchronize to Palms or iPods...  We'd like to have
> >> >> each one always be recognizable.
> >> >
> >> > in my experience both always are
> >>
> >> How can they be?  When I plugged in my USB stick, it named it something
> >> like "removable device".  I renamed it, so I don't recall what it
> >> actually
> >> used.  Now it always shows as "Dell Memory stick", as opposed to other
> >> memory sticks I might have.
> >
> > In my experience, and I have both an ipod and a palm (quite an old one),
> > it does work.
>
> But _how_ can they be differentiated? I don't mean the Palm from the iPod -
> I mean two ipods, or two palms.  The information is available through udev,
> but it isn't presented to the user in a useful way - and unless Alan's
> suggestion is used, where every time a previously unknown device is
> attached, you're asked what you want to call it, it _won't_ ever be
> presented to a user in a useful way.

Oh, didn't understand. It probably requires some sort of ,logging function, ie 
when device with $number is plugged in it is recognised as $name.

Sasha