[OT] Debian mailinglists [was: RE: Debian or Ubuntu?]

[Mario Vukelic]

On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 15:35 -0400, Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> Interesting point, but to answer your question, if the system is broken 
> and they needed the help desk to begin with, something is already 
> impeding them.

But taking over their screen can easily impede them more.

> The NMAP front end?

I just looked at screenshots, and while I haven't used it, I think I can
say two things:

One, it is not a configuration editor as such - it controls several
independent applications. To make it work as an analogy to Derek's
proposal (GUI editor that prevents admin from making mistakes), you
would now have to require that Zenmap allows only combinations of
options and settings that achieve what the admin intended and don't
break anything.

Two, it does not even seem that complex to me. I submit xine's
preferences dialog in "Master of the known universe" mode as a more
appropriate example.

<snip>
> Maybe. It depends on the nature of the edits. Otherwise you couldn't 
> have commented CPP code that can be opened in your favorite IDE/editor.

Hmm, interesting point, but something is wrong with it, i just can't put
my finger on it right now. I'm sure someone else will :)