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Subject: Re: reiser4 plugins
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Horst von Brand wrote:
> Markus Törnqvist <mjt@nysv.org> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> 
>>Note that MacOS has the monopoly on what they ship, Linux has a
>>motherload of file managers and window systems and all.
> 
> 
> Yep. Part of what is nice about it, too ;-)
> 
> 
>>What pisses me off is the fact that Gnome and friends implement
>>their own incompatible-with-others VFS's and automounters and
>>stuff.
> 
> 
> Then get them to agree on a common framework! They are trying hard to get
> other parts of the GUI work well together, so this isn't far off in
> wishfull thinking land.

Unfortunately, this leaves bash out in the cold, as usual.  Kernel-based 
automounter works with Bash.  Why can't GNOME/KDE use the kernel's one 
as at least one backend, even if they support others?