[xubuntu-users] memory stick

[Norman Silverstone]

>         >         Using Xubuntu 12.04, when the memory stick is
>         >         plugged in to either a USB
>         >         hub or directly into a port on the computer the
>         >         usual window does not
>         >         open on the desktop. However, the window does open
>         >         using Ubuntu 11.04.
>         >         Suggestions on how to deal with this, please.


>         > 
>         > Go to preferences manager -> removable media -> and select
>         > the options you want.
>         > 
>         > I wish the devs make xubuntu 12.10 behave exactly like gnome
>         > 2.  
>         > 
>         > 
>         
>         
>         Please bear in mind that Xubuntu (or Xfce) is not replacement
>         to GNOME 2, and it is the most unlikely that any of the
>         contributors want to strive achieving this.
>         
>         Usability issues, like automouting/opening media, are of
>         course discussable.
>         



> You are right. It was wrong of me to say "exactly like gnome 2". 
> However, XFCE must be aware that it's now the number one viable
> alternative to gnome 2.
> It's just a matter of simple default preferences to become more user
> friendly.  
> 
> 
What makes it more frustrating is that an external USB HDD mounts when
it is plugged in and a message pops up to say it has happened. Perhaps
it would help if, when an item does not mount when plugged in, a message
popped up saying what to do.

Norman